FURTHER READING

THE BACKGROUND STORY: WHY I CREATED THIS ART INSTALLATION

A year ago my husband and I moved from East Brunswick to Werribee because our best friends lived in Werribee. My husband and I fell in love with the Werribee River and its surroundings so we bought a house nearby the river. After a long spouse visa process I officially migrated to Australia from Indonesia and for almost 6 months I studied at AMEP (Adult Migrant English Program) SLPET (Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training) at Victoria University as part of the Australia Government support for new immigrants. I loved studying there with many passionate teachers and other friends from different backgrounds, cultures and languages. When the course was closed at VUT, I decided it was time to contribute to the community through RedWest. I wanted to share the Wyndham history with my friends and other new immigrants because we didn't learn about local history. I want AMEP students and new immigrants in Wyndham to know more about the history and be a part of the community. Life skills and learning continue outside the classroom. Knowing more means understanding and loving more; that is the essence of the community feeling.

I love history, buildings and the Werribee River. So, when I made the art installation concept, it all started from the site itself that "talked" to me. Everything developed from there. I want to share the concept that learning about history is fun through this art installation. I want everyone in Wyndham to be proud and aware of the long history and never forget it.

THE IDEA :

Inviting people to revisit the space, remind people of the importance of what was before and bring a new art work commemorating the Aboriginal people of this land, Werribee River, Nature and Wyndham History.

Bring visitor into the space and entice them to inhabit it and encourage them to learn more about Werribee History by going on the WHERE.A.BEE history treasure hunt.

As a space, it encourages interaction without being prescriptive about the use of the barricade construction tape. In fact the barricade construction tape is an invitation to the space.

Graphic and spatial intervention.

Space for adults and young ones to interact with the flowing installation.

The movement of the wind reveals the porosity of the installation (the tape color yellow/black and red/white = reimagining bees and red gums at Werribee River).

For me public art is accessible art of any kind that cares about/challenges/involves and consults the audience for or with whom it is made, respecting community and environment; the other forms are still private art, no matter how big or exposed or intrusive they may be.

Public art is artwork that depends on its context. It is an amalgamation of events, the physical appearance of a site, its history, the socio economic dimensions of the community and the artist's intervention.

This creation is for honouring Werribee's Long History, Places and People.

Last but not least I want to make art that can be understood and enjoyed by many people.

SOME BOOKS AND SOURCES THAT I USED IN THE RED BEE ART INSTALLATION & RED BEE QR CODE TREASURE HUNT:

-"Snippets of Wyndham" by Werribee District Historical Society Inc

-"Werribee The First One Hundred Years" by K.N James and Lance Pritchard

-"Wyndham Our Story" by Geoff Hocking

-Werribee District Historical Society http://www.werribeehistory.org.au/

-Wyndham Our Story Website http://wyndhamhistory.net.au

-"From There to Here Excerpts from the First Person Accounts of Family Migration Werribee 1840s-2000s" by Margaret Campbell

-Facebook Page 'Lost Werribee' - by Aimee Page https://www.facebook.com/LostWerribee

-Flickr Group 'Werribee The Area, It's People and Heritage' - by Bill Strong - williewonker - https://goo.gl/BH9A7F

-"The Plains of Iramoo" by Esther Murray

-Aborigines in The Werribee District Werribee Historical Society by Ken James

-"Wool Past The Winning Post A History of The Chirnside Family" by Heather B.Roland

-"A Study in Black and White The Aborigines in Australia History" by Malcolm D.Prentis

-Chaffeys Kingdom The Sunraysia Story

-"The Squatters" by Geoffrey Dutton

-"Convincing Ground Learning To Fall In Love With Your Country" by Bruce Pascoe

-"The Vanished Land Dissapearing Dynasties of Victoria's Western District" by Richard Zachariah

-"Men of Yesterday A Social History of The Western District of Victoria 1834 - 1890" by Margaret Kiddle

-"Who Killed The Koories The True, Terrible Story of Australia's Founding Years" by Michael Cannon

-"Land Boomers" by Michael Cannon

-"Australia in the Victorian Age" by Michael Cannon

-"This Whispering in Our Hearts" by Henry Reynolds

-National Library of Australia web site http://trove.nla.gov.au

-"The life and adventures of William Buckley thirty-two years a wanderer amongst the aborigines of then unexplored country round Port Phillip, now the province of Victoria" https://archive.org/stream/lifeandadventur00morggoog?ref=ol#page/n6/mode/2up

-"Scars in the Landscape" by Ian D.Clark

-"City of Wyndham Review of Heritage Sites Of Local Interest" by Peter Andrew Barret. Victorian Government Library Service https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1262377/0

-"Sites of Significance for Nature Conservation in the Werribee Corridor" by T.J Barlow. Victorian Government Library Service https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1268632/0

-"Victorian Picturesque The Colonial Garden of William Sangster" by J.H. Foster

-"Point Cooke A History Prepared for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works" by Jessie Serle

-"Now and Then The Sicilian Farming Community at Werribee Park 1929-49" by Maria Mantello

-"The Galloping Guns of Rupertswood and Werribee Park" by Lindsay C.Cox

-"Altona A Long View" by Susan Priestley

-"The Life of Our Years In and Around Geelong A Chronological History" by C.P. Billot

-"Hamilton A Western Disctrict History" by Don Garden

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT :

Thank you to my husband Roger who always supports me to do the best things, pull me up when I'm down and encourage me to explore more about Art.

Thank you to Wyndham City Council Art Team (Donna, Tamara, Bec, Rahima, Megan, Maree and Nicholas) , RedWest Team (Caroline and Will) for giving me the chance to be part of RedWest Project 2017. Thank you for Kinga for your nice encouraging words.

Thank you to all the authors that I mentioned above for their great work writing about Werribee history; especially to K.N James, Heather B Ronald, Lance Pritchard, Margaret Campbell, Michael Cannon, Geoff Hocking, Bruce Pascoe and Ian D.Clark.

Thank you to my neighbours, Jack and Doreen, who helped me install the construction and provided me with a delicious fruit cake to eat when I needed fuel to make hundreds of origami bees. Thank you to Martin and Deb for the ute. Thank you to Rob from Robsal Welding Werribee for the excellent custom made steel construction. Thank you to Clint for the fast process custom made signage. Thank you to Lino for the history books.

Thank you to my best friend Haylee who helped me install the construction barricade tapes.

Thank you to Gordon and Susan from the Werribee Historical Society that gave me information on where to find books about Werribee history. Thank you to Aimee Page because of your facebook page Lost Werribee I learnt alot about Werribee History and how Werribee people love their history and community. Thank you to Bill Strong because of your Flickr page I learnt more about Werribee. Thank you to the State Library Victoria that helped me to find old Werribee maps and heritage books. Thank you to University of Melbourne School of Design library staff Sarah and Somchit that helped me track down the history of Alexander Hamilton of Colac, The Manor P.Chirnside architect and Wiliam Sangster, The Manor P. Chirnside landscape designer . Thank you to Werribee Library and Plaza Library staff, especially Karen, that helped me trace Werribee family history. Thank you to the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning that helped me locate the Werribee aerial map.

Thank you to all teachers and administration staff at Victoria University (Dominic, Yvonne, Gayle, Jane, Kate, Kathy, Alice and Noreen). As a new comer in Australia a year ago I was so happy studying at Victoria University and I learnt many things about Australia law, custom and culture.

Thank you to the genius inventor of QR CODE and ORIGAMI .