The fight for Coomaditchie
On this page are transcripts of selected letters held in the State Archives Collection, now on display in the exhibition Coomaditchie: The Art of Place. They include letters sent by campaigner Jack Tattersall to NSW government ministers and their responses.
The transcripts accompany dramatised readings of these letters by voice artists Daniel Browning and Russell Stapleton, recorded in 2024.
Showcase 1
Letter from Jack Tattersall to Mr W.M. Gollan, NSW Minister for Lands, 30 May 1958
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Response letter from Mr W.M. Gollan, NSW Minister for Lands, to Jack Tattersall, 4 July 1958
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Letter from Jack Tattersall to Mr John McMahon, NSW Minster for Lands, 13 May 1959
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Response letter from Mr John McMahon, NSW Minster for Lands, to Jack Tattersall, 24 July 1959
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Showcase 2
Letter from Jack Tattersall to Mr Rex Connor, Member for Cunningham, c1963
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Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
The works of the Coomaditchie artists speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories
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Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
Experience community life by the ocean through the works of First Nations artists in Coomaditchie: The Art of Place at the Museum of Sydney. These loving and lyrical artworks, which include paintings, ceramics and screen-prints, speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories
Saturday 30 March