PETER B MORRISON | 'Kausa (Pandanus) II' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper card to using flippers and swimming

to using flippers and swimming as I did when I was a pearl diver – the last generation of the industry

Artwork story: Spiders of various kinds were totems of the traditional rainforest people of far north Queensland for thousands of years

such as stingrays

300mm x 400mm

PETER B MORRISON | 'Kausa (Pandanus) II' Drawing | Pen and ink on archival paper card to using flippers and swimmingPeter Bertie Morrison was born on Thursday Island and grew up in Cairns. After he finished school, like many Torres Strait Islanders at the time, he moved to Western Australia to work on the railways. This work saw him travelling Australia for work for many years, before he returned to his familys place, Wug Village, Saint Pauls Community on Moa Island in the Western Island cluster. This is where I learnt our traditional customs, on the Island. My