The word Murran meaning Eucalyptus in the beautiful Wadawurrung language was my key focus in creating my artwork for Murran.
I drew inspiration from the parallel values between Murran (eucalyptus) and the way it is used in our culture and how this is reflective of Murran and how our community will be able to engage with the space.
Our connection to the Eucalypt in our culture is way in which we connect to the lands, our Ancestors and with each other. Coming together in meeting places for smoking ceremonies, to heal, share knowledge and ideas to help each other thrive.
This relates to the whole spirit of Murran which will be a place to come together to share ideas in a safe and collaborative space.
My artwork depicts all of these values and connections, I wanted to capture this in a simplistically but beautiful way, I have captured all of the elements of a smoking ceremony which represent all of the above, you can see the Murran leaves the fire and smoke/spirit and in the centre is a meeting place with our people gathered together sitting in the Murran seed pod’s waiting to blossom.

Gerard Black
Baiyami Art