East Coast Encounter

A multi-arts initiative to re-imagine the encounter by Lt James Cook and his crew with Aboriginal people in 1770 1 July to 16 August 2015

East Coast Encounter
Michael Cook, Undiscovered #4 (detail), 2010, Inkjet Print, 124 x 100 cm

East Coast Encounter is a multi-arts initiative involving Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, writers and songwriters to re-imagine the encounter by Lt James Cook and his crew with Aboriginal people in 1770. Cook’s voyage along the Australian east coast has become central to national historical narratives.

The exhibition of paintings, photographs, videos and three dimensional works re-envisages this seminal journey by imaginatively exploring moments of contact between two world views during these encounters.

LocationDates and Times
Caloundra Regional GalleryWednesday 1 July to Sunday 16 August 2015
Sunshine Coast Council acknowledges the Sunshine Coast Country, home of the Kabi Kabi peoples and the Jinibara peoples, the Traditional Custodians, whose lands and waters we all now share.
We commit to working in partnership with the Traditional Custodians and the broader First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) community to support self-determination through economic and community development.
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