Christine Burarrwanga – Artist from Yirrkala, N.E Arnhem Land
Christine is a Yolngu woman deeply connected to her culture. Christine has inherited her artistic style from her mother, which comes from her ancestors’ knowledge, lore and stories.
Christine has also released a book with Lucy Van Sambeek called “The Life of Tree.” This children’s therapeutic picture book creates a culturally safe space for Aboriginal children to express difficult emotions around their experiences with family violence. Through their organisation ‘metaphorically Speaking’, Christine offers culturally safe counselling and therapeutic services to Aboriginal women, children and families using both Western counselling methodologies and traditional Aboriginal healing methods.