City Libraries, City of Gold Coast

John and Ros Moriarty

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John and Ros Moriarty

videorecording

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Peter Thompson is joined by John and Ros Moriarty, the husband and wife team behind the brilliantly coloured artwork on Qantas jumbos. Their company, Balrinji Design Studio, has grown from a kitchen table operation in 1983 to now being Australia's leading Indigenous art consultancy working across Australia, Japan, Europe and the USA. The original concept was to create something to celebrate the dual cultural heritage of their three children - young Indigenous Australians with a strong connection to their father's lineage as well as having a firm foundation in mainstream Australian society. John Moriarty is one of the Stolen Generation. He was just four years old and living in the Gulf of Carpentaria, when his mother was told he was being taken to school for the day - but they didn't bring him back. Ros Moriarty is a white woman born into a middle class family in Devonport, Tasmania. They met in Canberra where they were both working as public servants and fell deeply in love. The story of John and Ros Moriarty is one of a love that crossed the boundaries of young and old, black and white, and stolen and found

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Talking heads, John and Ros Moriarty, [videorecording]