Alicia Wood

Sydney Morning Herald

The campaign to salvage The Keeping Place, one of the largest collections of indigenous art in Australia, has found a staunch ally in the former High Court judge Michael Kirby. Kirby opened an exhibition of selected works from the collection at the Australian Museum last week.

The collection is held in a railway shed in Eveleigh by Gordon Syron, an Aboriginal artist, and his wife Elaine. They have been served an eviction notice and must vacate the property by the end of the month. "It is an urgent and serious problem, and I hope that a proper solution can be found," Kirby said. "Wherever it is placed, it ought to be placed with honour and properly safeguarded as an indication of the beauty of indigenous art in Australia."

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