Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design clothing collection

Collection

Accession number
32136
Date
[between 1992 and 2022?]
Abstract
The collection contains a variety of clothing featuring designs by Indigenous artists. Some of the artists are unidentified.
Scope and content

This includes designs on sporting uniforms (football, basketball, netball teams) and clothing for sports supporters; clothing that features designs that support Indigenous Australians and their causes; shirts with designs supporting and advertising a variety of sporting, community, cultural and political events with Indigenous links; clothing with designs associated with schools and organisations that support the education of Indigenous people such as NRL Cowboys House and the ARTIE Academy; clothing with designs that advertise organisations etc. that support Indigenous health such as the Wuchopperen Warriors, the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health's Deadly Choices program, the Arthur Beetson Foundation and the 'Make the Choice' COVID-19 campaign; clothing with designs that advertise a variety of organisations etc. such as Indigenous Knowledge Centres, Sisters Inside, art centres and Indigenous corporations; clothing with designs that supports NAIDOC celebrations; and clothing with designs that portray messages from artists of the proppaNOW Indigenous arts collective.

System of arrangement
Arranged into 8 series
Description
approximately 164 articles of clothing.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
32136, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design clothing collection, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.