Our Logo Story

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following page contains images and voices of people who have died.

Our logo is based on the painting ‘Two Women Learning’, created by late Aboriginal artist Dr Kwementyaye Wallace. Dr Wallace was born and raised at Uyetye, on the Todd River – her father’s homeland. Her mother was from Therirrerte. Her grandfather taught her stories of her culture and land from an early age.

Here, she tells us a traditional story of ‘Two Women Learning’, which illustrates how different people hold different knowledge, different parts of the story, and how they are responsible for keeping that story safe and passing on the knowledge.

Two young girls were taken from their mother by their father, to live in his homeland. They lived and learned their father’s way. But when they grew up, the two girls decided to leave their father’s home and look for their mother and her people.

The father supported their decision, and so the girls started to walk. The girls eventually found their way to their mother’s homeland. They had come to the right place: their mother was very happy to be able to see them again, all grown up.

One day, the father decided to follow his daughters and came to the mother’s land. The family were happy to be united, and other families were happy for them. They decided to stay there so the girls could learn new skills.