Until Justice Comes
Saturday 23 November
11am-6pm
Addi Road Community Centre
142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2024
https://addiroad.org.au/writers-festival/#
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Until Justice Comes
The Hon Linda Burney MP will sit down with photographer Juno Gemes to discuss her latest book of images, Until Justice Comes (Upswell Press). A monumental work of history and photography, Gemes’ book features over 220 images drawn from 50 years of work. She describes it as “a collaboration, revealing the true history of Australia. The uncovering of an often-invisible history of resistance and the fight for self-determination has long been at the heart of my engagement with the First Nations people I’ve known and worked with over decades and generations.” Gemes photographs include portraits of political and cultural leaders and intimate community events as well as activism played out on the streets for half a century. A slideshow will be used to highlight some of Gemes’ photos and provide examples during the conversation with Linda Burney.
Session – Until Justice Comes
Head and shoulders portrait of Linda Burney
Linda Burney
The Hon. Linda Burney MP is the Member for Barton and the former Minister for Indigenous Australians. A proud member of the Wiradjuri nation, Linda was the first Aboriginal person to be elected to the NSW Parliament and the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Representatives. Dedicated to social justice and Indigenous rights, Linda was one of the first Aboriginal students to graduate from Mitchell College, now known as Charles Sturt University, with a teaching degree in 1978. After beginning her career as a teacher in western Sydney, Linda later went on to be appointed Director General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Education from Charles Sturt University in 2002. Prior to entering Federal politics, Linda served 14 years in NSW Parliament as the Member for Canterbury and held a number of senior portfolios including Family Community Services. At a Federal level Linda has been the Shadow Minister for Human Services, Shadow Minister for Preventing Family Violence and Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services. Linda has also held senior positions in the non-government sector and served on a number of Boards including SBS, the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, and the NSW Board of Studies.
juno holding camera with Uluru in the background
Juno Gemes
Photographer and social justice activist Juno Gemes has spent much of her long career documenting the lives and struggles of First Nations people. Born in Budapest, Gemes moved to Australia with her family in 1949. She held her first solo exhibition, We Wait No More, in 1982; the same year she exhibited photographs in the group shows After the Tent Embassy and Apmira: Artists for Aboriginal Land Rights. In 2003 the National Portrait Gallery exhibited her portraits of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reconciliation activists and personalities, Proof: Portraits from the Movement 1978–2003, and has since acquired many of her photographs. Gemes was one of ten photographers invited to document that National Apology in Canberra in 2008. The Macquarie University Art Gallery held a survey exhibition of her work, The Quiet Activist: Juno Gemes, in 2019