The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Moilang (Rosie) Ware (born 1959) is an artist who lives and works in Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands) on Waiben (Thursday) Island. An award-winning textile artist she works primarily in lino-block, hand printed fabrics that combine traditional Torres Strait cultural production and symbolism with non-Indigenous imagery. In 2014 the Australian War Memorial commissioned Ware to retrospectively interpret the experience of the Second World War (SWW) and its legacy in the TSI.
"Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion" is a three panelled textile work. The artist's father, Elia Ware (Q85109), served with the Torres Strait Islander Light Battalion and Ware has interwoven images relating to her own family history of military service with other images of the Torres straits – before, during and after the SWW. These images have been hand carved and block and screen printed onto fabric.
This print features a ceremonial headdress with the form of a fighter plane surrounded by minaral. Minaral is a word in the traditional Western Island language of Kala Lagaw Ya referring to design, p
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as
In 2018 the Australian War Memorial commissioned artist and Elder Kapua Gutchen Senior (Meriam Mir) of Erub Erwer Meta (Erub Arts) on Erub (Darnley Island) in the Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait). He was as
