Jo Besley Jo Besley i(7151617 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 An Unsettling Presence : Indigenous Art and Settler Law Heather Douglas , Jo Besley , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Courting Blakness : Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University 2015; (p. 124-133)
'The Courting Blakness exhibition included video works...projected onto the carved scenes of Indigenous life flanking the word 'law' in the Great Court of the University of Queensland. Usually these carvings remain unnoticed by those who pass through or relax in the Great Court because they are so high up. However the projections emphasised their presence and their content...'
1 1 y separately published work icon On the Banks of the Barambah : A History of Cherbourg from the Ration Shed Museum Mark Newman , Lesley Williams , Jo Besley , Robyn Hofmeyr , Robert Langton (illustrator), Tanya Schneider (editor), Murgon : The Ration Shed Museum , 2013 7151942 2013 selected work

The book 'covers the time from Cherbourg's origins as a refuge on the banks of the creek in south-east Queensland, to life under the Aboriginal Protection Act, up to the town today.' (Source: Koori Mail 2014)

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