Opening Night

Please join us for the launch of

Strike Camps: The Photographs of John Wilson

WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2026

6–8pm Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Refreshments will be provided | Registration essential

EXHIBITION RUNS

3 SEPTEMBER – 5 DECEMBER 2026

Please RSVP by Monday, 31 August 2026

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This exhibition brings together a collection of previously unseen photographs taken across Pilbara strike camps during the 1950s and 1960s.

Presented for the first time, these early colour images document a powerful history of Aboriginal autonomy, economic independence and political organisation at a time when Aboriginal people remained excluded from Australia's political system.

Presented at LWAG by Nomads Charitable and Educational Foundation, with support from Lotterywest, Spinifex Trust, the School of Design at the University of Western Australia and The Berndt Museum. John Wilson's work is exhibited with permission of his family.

Refreshments provided. Please RSVP now to secure your place.

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Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that this exhibition contains the names and images of people who have passed away.

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Image caption: 

Untitled photograph by John Wilson (c.1959-1960) (detail), courtesy of the John Wilson Estate.