PLACE OF BIRTH

Gnowangerup United Aborigines Mission Hospital (Koreng Country)

KINSHIP CONNECTIONS

Koreng Wirlomin Minang Wudjeri Njunga

I have been engaging, consulting and communicating with Elders, Leaders and community members throughout Noongar country from Moora in the north to Albany in the south and from Bunbury to the west to Esperance in the east. I have followed, listened and talked with Elders who have passed on cultural knowledge to me for the rite of passage on Noongar Boodja. Through this learning, they have given me cultural authority for engagement, consultation, communication and a positive vision for the future of our cultural domain.

WORK HISTORY

Aboriginal Project Officer, Great Southern TAFE & Palmerston

Aboriginal Health Worker, Central Great Southern

Mental Health Worker, Mental Health Mentor & Counsellor

Aboriginal Liaison Officer

Aboriginal Project Officer, Facilitator Cultural Awareness, South Coast nrm Catchment Council

Community Development Mentor, SWALSC

2002 Aboriginal Mental Health Diploma

2003 Joint Winner, WA Multicultural Award

2004 Joint Recipient of The John Curtin Medal

Colgate University Hamilton, (up-State New York) New York USA. 2004

Kings Park. Perth International Art Festival. 2004

Mungart Boodja Art Centre. Art Exhibitions Katanning. 2005

Perth International Art Festival. Katanning.  2006

Mungart Boodja Art Centre. Art Exhibition Katanning. 2006

WA Museum. Art Exhibition Perth. 2006

Brisbane Power House Art Centre, Carollup Artworks Exhibition. 2007

Bessy Flowers Minang Women. Albany, WA. 2013

Repatriation of Carrollup Artworks to the Noongar people & Curtin University 2013

Bessy Flowers No Longer a Wandering Spirit, State Library Victoria. 2016

PUBLICATIONS.

Huebner, S., Flowers, E. & Bryant Koori Families (2013). Wandering Spirit, Imaginaries of

Bessy Flowers Minang Woman.

Kraly, E., Flowers, E. A Spiritual Geography, Carollup Artist and Artworks.

Heart Coming Home Curtin University.