This monumental portrait of Pemulwuy was created to honour and celebrate the bravery and wisdom of the heroic leader of Indigenous Resistance, Pemulwuy.    

 

    With permission of the Bidjigal community, the sculpture was created on the initiative of the University of Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isalnder studies.  It is approved as a valid representation of Pemulwuy by the First Nation elders including Vic Simms, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Colin Dillon, Hetti Perkins and Michael Williams, as well as by the National Museum of Australia and the University of Queensland. 

 

    This portrait of Pemulwuy is now displayed by the following institutions:

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National Museum of Australia

City of Parramatta

Australian Dictionary of Biography

​Monument Australia

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    The portrait is also featured in the following media:

 

Art + Soul documentary series by Hetti Perkins

 

National Museum of Australia Digital Classroom 

 

Black Rock Band: Red, Black and Yellow

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Living With the Locals - Early European Exerience of Indigenous Life by John Maynard And Victoria Haskins, National Library of Australia

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What Do We Want? - The Story of Protest in Australia, by Clive Hamilton, National Library of Australia

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Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, by Jim Haynes, Allan & Unwin

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Boomerang - Australia: Race, Identity, Nature and Horse Thieves, by Jesper Kaalund and Bo Clausen, Forlaget Columbus, Denmark

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First Contacts by Carolyn Tate, Blake Education Publishing

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First Contacts Anthology, Macmillan History, 

Macmillan Publishers Australia

 

Economic Growth in the Colonies, by Samantha Frappell, Macmillan History, Macmillan Publishers Australia