Joan Martin b. c.1940

Also known as Yarrna, Kulyarrdoo
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Yamatji artist who created the design for the mosaic on the floor of the main building at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth.
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Name
Joan Martin
Also known as:
  • Yarrna
  • Kulyarrdoo
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1940
Birth place
Murchison, WA
Death date
2008
Residence
  • Murchison, WA
  • Perth, WA
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Yamatji
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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References [<ExternalResource: (2009), 'Aboriginal Discrimination: Is Discrimination an issue in Australia?', Creative Spirits website, Article about Martin's WA Supreme Court case in 1998 in which she contested her eviction from her home in a public housing estate on the basis of it being racially discriminatory.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), ''A Place of our Own', Centre for Aboriginal Studies website', Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Website accessed 2009-05-21.>, <ExternalResource: 'Curtin University of Technology Art Collection Archives, Perth, WA'.>, <ExternalResource: Martin, Joan (1994), 'Yarrna exhibition documents', Curtin University of Technology Art Collection Archives, Perth, WA.>] [<ExternalResource: (2009), 'Aboriginal Discrimination: Is Discrimination an issue in Australia?', Creative Spirits website, Article about Martin's WA Supreme Court case in 1998 in which she contested her eviction from her home in a public housing estate on the basis of it being racially discriminatory.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), ''A Place of our Own', Centre for Aboriginal Studies website', Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Website accessed 2009-05-21.>, <ExternalResource: 'Curtin University of Technology Art Collection Archives, Perth, WA'.>]