One of the virtual 'skins' from Imagine The Future Inc's re-interpretation of a traditional Kulin possum skin cloak created by Csaba Szamosy from images contributed by project partners, Painting the future real, 1996.

[The 2002 version and the acompanying story, Ways of seeing Victoria's basalt plain]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The following images were used in this digital composite about different ways of seeing country.

Pattern adapted by consultant artist Csaba Szamosy from a clan design incised into a traditional Kulin shield believed to have been manufactured in pre-invasion days, or before the full impact of British colonisation was felt by Aboriginal people in Victoria. The design was copied at the Museum of Victoria under the supervision of Bill Nicholson, Chairperson of the Wirundjeri Association, and Indigenous Studies curator Mark Grist. It remains the cultural property of the Kulin people and is subject to a moral rights agreement.


A nineteenth century map of the Werribee River and coastline contributed to the project by Parks Victoria.

Aerial photograph of the coastline showing coastal wetlands, public land and encroaching suburban sprawl, contributed by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West.


Bullock team in front of nineteenth century wooden buildings in the Werribee district. This photograph is part of Werribee Park's Wood Collection and was contributed to the project by Parks Victoria.


Staff of Werribee Mansion in front of the house. Photograph contributed to the project by Parks Victoria.


Settlers of Scottish descent posing on the verandah of a weatherboard farmhouse after a rabbit shooting expedition. Note their homemade cartridges. This photograph, dated to around 1900, was contributed to the project by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West. Rabbits were introduced into Australia in this bioregion and since then, have caused massive damage to both natural ecosystems and to rural industries.


Grades V-VII at Maribyrnong Primary School, 1933. Photograph contributed by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West.


The City of Hobsons Bay foreshore photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay. The pine tree shown is one of many exotics introduced by Europeans to make the landscape more familiar.


The Timeball Tower at Point Gellibrand made out of local bluestone, photographed by City of Hobsons Bay's environmental officer, Andrew Shannon, and contributed to the project by him on behalf of the City. This tower has become one of Hobsons Bay's major icons.


Graves of people of Greek descent in Werribee cemetery, photographed for the project by Merrill Findlay.


The parterre or ornamental garden in the grounds of Werribee mansion. Photograph contributed by Parks Victoria, the custodians of the mansion and grounds.


Stone ruins in a paddock. Photograph contributed by Melbourne's Living Museum of the West.


European Bantams photographed in the fowlyard at Point Cook homestead, an historic building near Werribee, by Merrill Findlay for the project.


European domestic geese photographed at the entrance to the grounds of Point Cook homestead for the project by Merrill Findlay.

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[Page history: created and first published on www.ecoversity.org.au as part o f Painting the future real (1995-97), the prototype for Redreaming the plain (1998-2002); taken off-line in 1998 and re-posted in a slightly revised form in July 2004 as a web archive. For more information contact redreaming@rmit.edu.au.]