Brooke is a young Badimia Yamja woman living in Brisbane while completing her Bachelor of Design with honours at Griffith University. Having grown up on a small cattle hobby farm in Central Queensland, she works as an interior and spatial designer, graphite artist, and public painter deeply driven by rural life. As an experienced cattle parader and judge, Brooke uses her art to share the vital importance of agricultural societies, creating beautiful community assets that spark memories of childhood wonder and persuade city slickers to appreciate the country.
Her artwork, ‘Find the Golden Bin Chickens!’, playfully pulls back the curtain on Bulimba’s original landscape before major housing developments completely transformed the area. In the nineteenth century, this busy precinct was home to the cows, sheep, and chickens that defined its daily character. Brooke has brought these original residents back into the modern streetscape, accompanied by the iconic ibis that rules the footpaths today. Through hiding golden bin chickens throughout the scene, she invites a sense of interactive fun, encouraging the community to pause, look closer, and connect with the history of the land while celebrating its lively present.
Lower image: A 1920’s view over the Bulimba flats, State Library of Queensland.
TO BE ELIGIBLE
You must be a resident of Brisbane ie. living within the Brisbane City Council area.
You must not be an employee of Brisbane City Council.
You must not have painted more than two traffic signal boxes in a four year period and not in consecutive years.
