Retracing the Walyalup/Fremantle Aboriginal Screenprinters
I was living in Yallingup in the southwest of Western Australia in early 1989 when I learnt via the community grapevine that a new arts program designed for Aboriginal women was soon to happen in Walyalup/Fremantle. I was intrigued, and as I was taking leave from my teaching degree, it was great timing.
The traineeship was led by the dynamic and visionary Noongar woman, Margaret Drayton, and taught by leading women designers and technical experts; it sat under the banner of Women in Work, supported by the Department of Education Employment and Training, providing opportunities for women to gain skills and experience to help them enter the workforce—in this case, the arts industry.
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