Primary Artist

Jane Trikojus (1946–)

Title

We're not the bogeyman.

Date made

1986

Place made

Victorian Print Workshop, 188 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

Work number

Australian Print Workshop (1981-), 3148

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

104.8 x 73.5 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject description

The artist notes, ‘We’re not the Bogeyman’, was a remark by Yami Lester at the handback of Uluṟu in 1986. The CLP flew a plane over the ceremony dragging a flag reading ‘Ayer’s Rock for all Australians’ and Kumantjayi Lester said 'they think we’re going to take the rock and roll it away'.
I wanted to depict the violence visited on the ancestors of the beautiful people we knew (my husband Sasha worked at CAAMA).
Bob Marley (on T-shirt) was a hero at that time

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

127901

Creators

VICTORIAN PRINT WORKSHOP | (1981–1989) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Trikojus, Jane. | (1946–) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

23 Feb 2026