Connie Hart b. 1917

Also known as Aunty Connie Hart
  • Artist (Weaver)
Highly regarded Gunditjmara basket weaver and community elder who began weaving in her 60s and facilitated the regeneration of localised Victorian Indigenous weaving practices. Self-taught after observing mother and local Elders.
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Name
Connie Hart
Also known as Aunty Connie Hart
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Other Occupation
  • shoe factory worker (ANZSIC code: 1352)
  • munitions factory worker (ANZSIC code: 2299)
  • hospital wardsperson (ANZSIC code: 8401)
  • cook (ANZSIC code: 9601)
  • maid (ANZSIC code: 9601)
Birth date
1917
Birth place
Lake Condah, VIC, Little Dunmore, Lake Condah, VIC
Birth note
Little Dunmore
Death date
1993
Active Period
  • 1983 - 1993
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
  • Lake Condah, VIC, Little Dunmore, Lake Condah, VIC
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Western Victoria
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Gunditjmara
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Auntie Connie Hart Activity Sheet', Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC, Koori Heritage Trust archive made available to Storylines Project, 2008.>, <ExternalResource: Robson, M. K. (1986), 'Keeping the culture alive: an exhibition of Aboriginal fibrecraft featuring Connie Hart, an elder of the Gunditjmara people, with significant items on loan from the Museum of Victoria', Hamilton City Council, Hamilton, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Jackomos, A., Fowell, D. (1991), 'Living Aboriginal history of Victoria: stories in the oral tradition', Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Auntie Connie Hart Activity Sheet', Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC, Koori Heritage Trust archive made available to Storylines Project, 2008.>]