Fiona Foley's Biting the Clouds is a visceral look at opium and control on the colonial frontier
- Written by Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
Opiate of Opulence, from the series Horror Has A Face, Fiona Foley, 2017Courtesy of Andrew Baker Art DealerReview: Biting the Clouds: a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act by Fiona Foley, UQP
In late 1897, the colonial Queensland parliament introduced the oddly named the Aboriginals Protection...
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