BREWARRINA MUSEUM
brewarrina museum/ newly structured koori
culture on a bicentenary grant/ it has a
very old history/ the navy blue carpet is
tacky/ it is dark & cool inside/ we watch
some slides of white man's black missions/
the decline in the ghost faces of ancestors/
& daytime white photos of dead mystics/
more slides of rock paintings flash up on
a wall with local dreaming dialogue/ we
hear voices of neighbours teaching their
children/ brewarrina museum/ an artificial
trickle of water runs through its interior/
the stories are koori/ they are regional,
powerful/ & there is biame walking the
fisheries & here a few faded postcards on
the counter & cheeko ferguson's homemade
boomerangs/ it is very bright outside:
blue bush light in an outback sky/ i put on
my dark glasses & remember stories from
inside/ on 45 degree days brewarrina museum
is somewhere to walk through/ it gives the
locals something to put their hearts into |
