JOEL SAM | ‘Gaigai’ | Linocut printThe Gaigai (GT) is both an important species to commercial fisheries and game fishing. Gaigai (GT) can be found around coastal and offshore waters and are one of the famous species caught at Seisia wharf. Many tourists travel to Cape York only to fish off the famous Seisia wharf. Gaigai with their sharp teeth eat just about anything but feed mainly on baitfish such as sardines. Sardines are plentiful under the Seisia wharf where you are sure to catch

My dad lived with his mother (my grandmother)

Simmer until fish is cooked

Catalogue Number: 1112-93-20

Now based in Cairns

He died when his sister Bulthuku (Shore Bird)

I learnt this dance as a young boy and this is how I know the stories

Skin oils and cosmetics may build up on the earrings over time and dull the color of the titanium

The five hibiscus flowers represent my mother and her four sisters

Passionate about art

the great Shark Constellation commonly known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters

My children tell me to join the old people here at the Art Centre

Peter B Morrison