MORNINGTON ISLAND POSTCARDS - Karen Chong | 'Nithalunn' | Small Framed Image Sculpture during their journey they sang

during their journey they sang and danced

We have decorated them with found items from around our local area which captures the stories of travel from around Australia" - Jo-Ann Beikoff & Roy Gray

shiny brown in colour and silky smooth to touch

I started painting at school using chalk and crayons and developed a love of painting at a young age

where the big lake is

MORNINGTON ISLAND POSTCARDS - Karen Chong | 'Nithalunn' | Small Framed Image Sculpture during their journey they sangI was born on Mornington Island. My father was Waanyi a mainlander and my mother Lardil. I went to school and I stayed with my grandparents as my mother was away working on a station on the mainland. When I was in my twenties I went to live in Normanton and Croydon. I returned to Mornington in 1982 to marry my late husband Bruce Chong. We have 6 children, 2 girls and 4 boys and 17 grandchildren. "I used to do a lot of shell work making pictures by