Once Known Exhibition Tours

Showing at the Old Perth Boys’ School, Once Known presents reproductions of the delicate and culturally significant artworks created by Aboriginal children forcibly taken from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.

Lost overseas for over 60 years, these artworks came home to Noongar Boodja, providing the opportunity for sharing truth, healing, and reconciliation.

Through the beauty of art and recognition of place and time, these tours will offer a glimpse into the past and remind us of our journey together on a path of reconciliation. The tours will encompass the history of the Old Perth Boys’ School in the context of its colonial history and highlight the story of the Carrolup child artists, and the purpose of the Once Known exhibition.   

Tours led by Patricia Ryder, Community Engagement Facilitator, John Curtin Gallery; and Phoebe Milne, PhD candidate, Curtin University.

Free entry, open to the public

Proudly part of the Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival: 1 April - 30 April.

Image: Once Known at Curtin 139 St Georges Terrace. Photo by Marnie Richardson.