Yorta Yorta, Wamba Wamba, Mutti Mutti, Boon Wurrung multi-disciplinary artist and curator Maree Clarke has been selected as the commissioned artist for the Stolen Generations Marker.

Maree Clarke was selected by an independent selection panel of people from the Stolen Generations and their descendants; Traditional Owners; and Stolen Generations support organisation workers.

The selection was by design proposal - chosen from three submissions by high level Aboriginal artists with a strong connection to Victoria. The panel felt Maree’s design best met the requirements of the brief reflecting the stories of survivors and serving as a place of connection, education and solace.

Maree’s design focusses audience attention on the experience of the children who were forcibly removed under successive Governments’ policy. Situated in a serene and embracing, native landscape, the predominantly figurative artwork will encourage very personal engagement with the individual, emotional and psychological impact on the children and their fight to find and return home to culture and country.