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COLOURS OF THE LAND

ARTIST DELVENE COCKATOO-COLLINS walks through the gentle morning light that falls across the Myora Springs on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, then stops to greet a sleeping koala perched in the branches high above her head. The Quandamooka woman has always had a deep connection to her land – Minjerribah – but the peace this strange year has afforded gave her a chance to rediscover it, and pay attention to things she might not

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