{"id":2153,"date":"2025-05-12T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/?post_type=exhibitions&#038;p=2153"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:29:17","slug":"carrolup-once-known","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/exhibitions\/carrolup-once-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Known"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This unique Collection of art was lost overseas for more than 50 years, these artworks returned home to Noongar Boodja in 2013, offering a powerful opportunity to share truth and learn about the lived experiences of these children. While hundreds of children were detained at Carrolup, only 17 of the artists have been attributed to works in the collection. Once Known reminds us that each child had a name, a family and a story. These works stand as a testament to the creativity and resilience of the Carrolup children, offering a glimpse into their enduring connection to Country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Exhibition Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Known is now open until June 30 2026! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Currently on display<br>11am \u2013 4pm<br>Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays<br>Closed Wednesdays and Weekends<br>Free entry, open to the public<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-947ac36b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Opened for the first time at the Old Perth Boys\u2019 School, Once Known showcases reproductions of the fragile artworks created by Aboriginal children forcibly taken from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware the exhibition and catalogue contains images, voices and names of people who have died. It also contains information that might be confronting and may cause distress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\">The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artworks were generously donated for educational and research purposes by Colgate University, New York, USA to the Curtin University Art Collection, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\">Header Image: Once known child artist, <em>The&nbsp;Kill<\/em>, 1946-50, paHeader Image: Once known child artist, The&nbsp;Kill, 1946-50, pastel and charcoal on paper. 27.9 x 38cm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","exhibition-locations":[10,11],"class_list":["post-2153","exhibitions","type-exhibitions","status-publish","hentry","exhibition-locations-139-st-georges-terrace","exhibition-locations-old-perth-boys-school"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/2153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibitions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition-locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/jcg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition-locations?post=2153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}