

Say No To Drilling At The Bight 2019 Christine Tschuna, Wirangu people, South Australia, born 1949, Koonibba, South Australia, acrylic on canvas © Christine Tschuna/Arts Ceduna

“My name is Sherrie Jones. I am an Aboriginal artist and I have been painting for over 21 years. I need to get my voice out and say, 'no drilling in the Bight because we need to keep our ocean clean, save Mother Earth and her creatures, most importantly our whales and wildlife, so many different species'. Not only is this our way of life, the Bight is our livelihood: tourism, fishing, a place for the birthing of whales.The whales come a very long way from the South Pole and we need to keep our environment clean and pristine. We have more than 200 whales with their young visiting our coast.Mother Earth is crying out, 'stop killing me, respect me, respect me'. Australians and people of the world, stand up for Mother Earth because she is innocent. We are the culture keepers here today.”