Blur Projects

07/07/2024

Thank you, Aunty Sedoi Harvey, for sharing your story in the upcoming Serving Country book. The deadline for contributions is approaching, so please reach out if you would like to participate. Kate Spooner Alan Katchwan Patterson Sedoi Harvey Don Bowie Kaima Kabere Chris Tor Torenbeek Niue Nathan Kropinyeri Lorraine Hatton Marsat Ketchell Trish N Mick Enchong Marsat Ketchell Charleene Mundine Ray Rosendale Kenneth Drinkwater David Boyd

08/06/2024

Thank you Sharen A'Hang for participating in the Serving Country project. Di Ryder Sharen A'Hang Katherine Marjorie Levi Kate Spooner Pattie Lees

27/05/2024

“It is important to know and understand one’s history and build on that strength moving forward.”

– Lorraine Hatton OAM, Indigenous Elder for the Australian Army
Quandamooka Elder of the Noonuccal and Ngughi tribes in South-East Queensland
Warrant Officer Class 2
Royal Australian Corps of Signals
Afghanistan veteran and community leader
Medals and Awards
Order of Australia Medal 2019
Australian Active Service Medal – ICAT
Afghanistan Medal
Australian Service Medal with Sinai Clasp
Defence Long Service Medal with 20-year clasp
Australian Defence Medal
Multinational Force & Observers Medal (Sinai)
Unit Citation for Distinguished Service – Afghanistan
Returned from Active Service Badge
Army Combat Badge

Lorraine Hatton Don BowieNathan Kropinyeri Trish N Mick Enchong Marsat Ketchell Di Ryder Kaima Kabere Levi Kmfl Katherine Charleene Mundine Pamela J Tapim Daniel Florence Elaine Gallagher Erin Teague-Suradi Frances Visini List of Australian Veterans Hubs n Wellness Support Glen Cuss Hall Murray Daylight-Hall Harry Allie Ruth Ludwick Michael R A. Cedar Rach Hopkins

Lorraine Hatton OAM Quandamooka Elder of the Noonuccal and Ngughi tribes in South-East Queensland Indigenous Elder for the Australian Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Australian Corps of Signals Afghanistan veteran and community leader

23/05/2024

If you are a First Nations person who has or is serving in the Australian Defence Force and would like to be included in the Serving Country book, please contact me. I will be in:

CAIRNS - 25 May 2024
NOWRA - 26 May 2024
PERTH - 29 May 2024
MELBOURNE - 31
ADELAIDE - 31 MAY 2024 till 2 JUNE 2024
CANBERRA 11 June 2024

Don Bowie Donald Taylor Lorraine Hatton Marsat Ketchell Pamela J Tapim Wasiu Yasmin Ray Rosendale Trish N Mick Enchong Hell Spy Christal Ware Mene Blake Carter Di Ryder Theresa Cowley Abiu Bowie Alan Katchwan Patterson Carl Murkun Shane Cox Brett West Michael R A. Cedar Joseph Blanco Clinton Jye Hayes Murray Daylight-Hall Elaine Gallagher Erin Teague-Suradi Frances Visini Daniel Florence Emma Ingui Levi Kmfl Katherine Ruth Ludwick Samuel Leigh Sheppard Chris Tor Torenbeek Niue Shae Oneill

22/05/2024

“First Nations service is not a welfare hire. It is an enhancement of the functional lethality of the ADF and crucial to the strategic defence of our Nation. The ADF benefits just as much from our people as we do from a career in the ADF”.



– Samuel Sheppard

Hell Spy Shane Cox Don Bowie Glen Cuss Hall Donald Taylor

19/05/2024

“I joined the Army because I wanted to challenge myself physically and mentally. The work that I’ve done, assisting in operations, talking to kids at school on Anzac Day and even around the communities I have been on, has opened my eyes, and my perspective on life has changed. It is rewarding to know that our families and children are safe. Everything I do is for my children. I love doing the things that we do because we all share sweat and tears together. We’re like a big family. At the end of the day, doing the things that we do there’s always laughter in between. It’s like our home away from home because our Army family is our family too.”

– Katherine Levi Panay Clan, Moa Island, Torres Strait
Lance Corporal
51 Far North Queensland Regiment
Charlie Company
Australian Army

Levi Kmfl Katherine Nathan Kropinyeri Marsat Ketchell Pamela J Tapim Christal Ware Mene Ray Rosendale David Boyd Trish N Mick Enchong Blake Carter Theresa Cowley

20/12/2023

So proud to announce the the UNSEEN Womens artist group and the Museum of Understanding Through Tolerance and Understanding were finalists in three categories of the Arts & Homelessness International Awards. WE CAME 2ND for the Co-Creation Award - our competitors were Theatre of the Oppressed in New York and the Museum of Homelessness UK

06/10/2022

In this image, I am 60 years old, and two days prior I competed in a 2022 bodybuilding competition. The sandstone backdrop reflects the many layers to my story and how I came to this sport. Quartz and feldspar, which most sandstone is comprised of, are two of the most resistant minerals to weatherin...

09/12/2021

Emily found the hardest part of living as a homeless person was not having that safety or privacy that everyone takes for granted. There was something exhausting about always being in public, with other people a constant presence. The right to privacy can be sacrificed for the right to services. While being interviewed by a worker in the department of housing, who was legitimately going through Emily's bank statements, she was queried about what she’d bought at a chemist. Emily felt this as an invasive of privacy as it was of no relevance to housing.

Book Art became a reflection of Emily's passion for reading and education. Dr Emily's Book Art exhibition is delicate and fragile just like the story of her life. You can view the exhibition and try your hand at book art each day at UNSEEN Arts Hub from:

1 to 5 December 10am to 4.30pm at Circular Quay, Sydney, between Customs House and the Ferry Terminal

You can find out more at the link in our bio.

UNSEEN: Sharing the lived experiences of women’s hidden homelessness



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