Mural wall to be dedicated in Canberra

1 JANUARY 2003

A mosaic wall mural thought to be the largest in Australia will be dedicated at a ceremony at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra on Thursday 4 August. The Executive Director of centre, Reverend Professor James Haire, AM, said, “The ‘Mural wall of the Holy Spirit in our land’ is a ceramic mosaic derived from a painting by Mr Hector Jandany, a Christian and an elder, lawman and custodian of the Gija people of the East Kimberley region in Western Australia. The original painting is in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the mural, approved by Hector during his lifetime, was executed by Mosaics by Morrisey. In the painting and the mural, the Holy Spirit is depicted in the form of the white owl of the Gija people, whose lands extend from Warmun to Texas Downs in the East Kimberley. The Holy Spirit watches over us all.” The Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC, and Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, AC, CBE, DSG, will dedicate the mural at 3pm, Thursday 4 August at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall St, Barton, Canberra, ACT.

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