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31 May, 2023
Lumholtz book and exhibition
TULLY artist and author Dr Valerie Keenan has created a new exhibition and publication called Drawing YOU in – Carl Lumholtz in the Herbert.
The creative, historical, scientific, environmental and cultural exhibition and publication has involved four years in research and development, taking Dr Keenan to Norway and across the Wet Tropics region of Far North Queensland looking at birds and mammals in museums and in the wild following in the steps of Norwegian explorer and naturalist Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) who spent time in the Herbert River Gorge from August 1882 to July 1883 and discovered the Lumholtz tree kangaroo.
“The exhibition and hardcover colour book are filled with a rich combination of stories, photographs, scientific and environmental information,” she said.
“They include original ink drawings of birds and mammals in the Wet Tropics, landscape and portrait photographs, details about hunting tools and oral histories narrated by traditional owners.”
The exhibition runs at Tyto Gallery in Ingham until Sunday, May 28, 10am-4pm.
