The camps, cottages, and homes featured in this exhibition explore the multitude of ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland have been housed across the twentieth century. Between autonomous camps and housing planned to subjugate mission inmates, varied themes and narratives emerge from this chequered history. Two themes, often in tension, recur across this housing survey. Housing used as an instrument in policies designed to reshape Indigenous people’s lives contrasts with different forms of resistance and adaptations to the new political and physical environments.
The Queensland Chapter is proud to support this exhibition hosted and curated by the University of Queensland.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
