Exhibition Opening: Once Known at Albany Entertainment Centre

Join us in welcoming Once Known to the Great Southern at Albany Entertainment Centre.

About Once Known

Once Known shares reproductions of fragile artworks created by Aboriginal children stolen from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s. The exhibition reminds us that each child had a name, a family and a story, and their artworks stand as a testament to their creativity, resilience and enduring connection to Country.

Find out more about the Carrolup Artworks.

Event Details

Wednesday 21 October

6.00pm – 8.00pm (formalities from 6.30pm)

Free event, open to the public

Light refreshments served, cash bar.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware the exhibition and catalogue contains images, voices and names of people who have died. It also contains information that might be confronting and may cause distress. 

The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artworks were generously donated for educational and research purposes by Colgate University, New York, USA to the Curtin University Art Collection, 2013.

Supported by: Lotterywest, BHP, Colgate University, Navigators

Exhibition runs from 21 October - 11 December 2026.