Helicopter Tjungurrayi, a well
known artist from Balgo, who will
travel with others from this east Kimberley desert community to attend an exhibition of their artworks in Japan. Photo: CAS

“There is a variety of gifts
but always the same Spirit;
There are all sorts of
service to be done,
But always to the same Lord;
Working in all sorts of
different ways in different people,
It is the same God
who is working
in all of them.”

[1Cor 12:4-6]

Issue 2, May 2010, Highlights:

Editorial - Juvenile Justice, an offence against society

A message of peace for us and the earth - Office of Justice, Ecology and Peace

Kimberley Collage - Broome Residential College

New Cathedral mover and shaker

Kimberley Volunteeers

Meeting for a Mission Moment ...

Justice Matters - How does your garden grow? GM and Western Australia

Year of the Priest - Icon and Prayer

Pilgrim Cross

School News - Gibb River

KCP Magazine

Kimberley collage

By: Colleen Brennan
Coordinator, Broome Residential College

Students from across the Kimberley, and resident in the Broome Residential College, have recently completed this great mural which now hangs in the College. The students were encouraged to paint a recollection of their home using the theme “my country, my home, my story”.

They enthusiastically drew Kimberley moons, rivers in flood, gorges, Brahman bulls, men with bush tucker, snakes, goannas, birds, and station country. These drawings were enlarged and transferred to canvas panels to make the mural.
The jade blue panels in-between represent the Broome ocean and add contrast to the warm desert colours in the students’ paintings.

The Wall Mural is made up of 63 canvas boards, joined together and adhered to plywood making one large structure using the idea ‘one world – many visions’ as inspiration. This method was suitable because we painted in the dining room and had to watch our mess!

The students found it challenging trying to see the big picture....but they persevered and turned up each week. The students feel really good about having something bold, bright, and colourful that belongs to them, hanging in the dining room hall.

Caption: Alice Shadforth paints of her country, Derby town.
Photo: C Brennan