Salt Water Murris' - Quandamooka Indigenous Art Gallery

Yura!

In our language we welcome you to our
country, Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and our Art Gallery.

Visit our gallery and see a variety of art and craft all for sale.

See artworks and crafts by our Elders through to the younger generation.

Salt Water Murris’ Quandamooka Inc is a not for profit organisation comprised of direct descendants of the original Nunukal,
Ngugi and the Gorenpul clans of the region.

The Aboriginal people of Minjerribah have an uninterrupted history of living on Quandamooka country that dates back thousands of years.

As artists, we are storytellers of our people.

“Our art is important to us because it allows us to give our true spirit into something we create out of something Mother Earth (Bujong Djara) has given us and to continue our role as storytellers.

Our people tell stories and pass on important cultural knowledge through our art. Our people create with the natural elements of shells and sand from the foreshores; they collect water, wood, plant fibres of native plants from the bush, creeks, lakes and swamps.

Through these acts of creations, our culture continues to live today."
"Through our art, all the ancestors that lived on Quandamooka from the beginning of time, through our bloodlines, still exist, as long as we have the art.”

Salt Water Murris’ Quandamooka Aboriginal Art Gallery strives to support the maintenance and promotion of the unique and rich culture of the Quandamooka people to share with the wider community.

This includes assisting artistic and professional development of Indigenous artists as well as creating cultural and employment opportunities.

SWMQ does this by:

- Conducting school holiday art activities.
- Supplying a unique line of handmade local designed corporate gifts.
- Operating an indigenous owned and managed enterprise.
- Producing commissions and public art work.
- Participating in exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas.
- Coordinating cultural projects and activities.
- Conducting workshops for schools or group bookings at the gallery
workshop area for screen printing, sand art, weaving, painting and
linocut. Sand art can also come to your location (Brisbane area).
- manages the facilitation of cultural productions and professional
development opportunities for Quandamooka artists.