The abandoned opal mining town of Mintabie is dug into the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands. The ruination of a faded township nestled into the bleached white sandstone, now sits blindingly in the mid day sun, juxtaposing with the red earth.

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Discard papers sprawl the eroding shop floor, wind swept and trodden. These are neglected archives that document the scars on a sacred landscape. Through a conflation of photography and found material, this work re-surfaces and interrogates the complex cultural narrative of all who’ve left their mark on Mintabie.