Caste Collection Series Didactic The Caste collection is a series of works where each canvas is brutally divided into fractions or portions of white(ness) and black(ness). This is to reflect the bigotry and racism that tries to diminish Aboriginal culture in Australia by this notion of diluting the amount of black or 'Blackness' in we humans. The collection is hugely inspired by Andrew Bolt and his insatiable need to try and call out Bruce Pascoe (amongst many others), a widely successful Blak Australian of scholarly merit and award, as less than Aboriginal because of their “diluted” heritage. Unfortunately for Bolt and people of his ilk, the attention brought about by the discussion only forces further resolve of those in question and their kin. No dilution of Blak is possible. Title: Caste: Eora Mob Didactic The EORA nation bound by three mighty rivers; the Hawkesbury to the North, the Nepean to the West and the George’s River to the South. The nation is made up of 29 clan groups. Of these 29 clans it is believed that 11 languages were spoken. This work depicts the 11 language groups as a tight ringed and complete circles at the centre; a further 18 rings are worked around the language hub, or core and in total the 29 rings represent the nations of Eora. The work is split almost in half, but not quite....see at the time of the First Fleet Landing it is estimated that 1,500 Aboriginal people lived in Eora, and we know from well documented archive that only 1,432 made the journey from England. It was the last time in history where we, the Traditional Owners of this nation, were in greater numbers than our Coloniser.