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A residency on King Island

February 19, 2020 Basil Hall

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I was at the scene of Australia’s worst ever (civil) maritime disaster yesterday. It’s on the S-W coast of King Island, where almost 175 years ago a barque named the Cataraqui ran aground. Over the next two days in stormy conditions, 399 people, mostly young couples with children, perished on the reefs as they tried to get off the rapidly disintegrating ship. It was pretty moving standing there and imagining the terrible scene, as over 400 new economic migrants died trying to make a new start in our country. They came under the UK’s assisted passage scheme for the poor and ended up buried in a mass grave on an island not far from the Australian mainland. This is starting to sound familiar…

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For the last nineteen years Basil has run Basil Hall Editions, first from a purpose-built studio in Darwin, then from two studios: one in Braidwood, NSW and one in Canberra. In 2020 Basil moved all the equipment to Canberra. He and his team host visiting artists or travel to remote Aboriginal  communities, collaborating with over 100 artists a year, or other regional locations, offering workshops.

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