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Photo by Julie Millowick for Makarrata Garden Tarrangower 2018
Aunty Maryline Nicholls
Language group
Dja Dja Wurrung/Yorta Yorta/Baraba Baraba/Wadi Wadi/Jupagulk
Marilyne Nicholls was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and is a multi clan woman who has Ancestral and cultural connections to fresh water and salt water Country: Dja Dja Wurrung, Barrappa Barrappa, Yorta Yorta, Watti Watti, Latji Latj, Yulpagulp and Ngarrindjeri.
Marilyne was encouraged at an early age by her mother to use native plants for weaving and to create feather flowers in a traditional and contempary manner. She has an interest in environmental issues and was taught by her father where native plants grow.
She has been teaching weaving techniques and feather craft skills for over 20 years, she has had 5 exhibitions and won the Victorian Indigenous Art Award. Marilynes weaving and feather craft has taken her on many journeys overseas to the Festival of Pacific Arts as part of the Australian Delegation to the Soloman Islands, The Long Walk’ weavers exchange program in Wadeye Northern Territory and the Weavers Exchange Program in NZ.
Aunty Marilyne is a recognised elder amongst her people, sharing her knowledge, skills and stories with grace. She has worked as a nurse and Aboriginal social, emotional, spiritual and physical health support in the hospital system for over 20years. She is now working for the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation as a Rivers and Water Health Project Officer.
https://thedesignfiles.net/2018/05/marilyne-nicholls-weaver
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/marilyne-nicholls/biography/
https://aiatsis.gov.au/blog/rare-pine-needle-and-raffia-mat-marilyne-nicholls
https://aiatsis.gov.au/blog/rare-pine-needle-and-raffia-mat-marilyne-nicholls
Aunty Marilyne Nicholls and Forest Keegel have been friends and collaborators since 2017 engaging in cross cultural collaboration and engaging members of the public in participatory artworks.