Connie Hart b. 1917

Also known as Aunty Connie Hart
  • Artist (Weaver)
Highly regarded Gunditjmara basket weaver and community elder who began weaving in her 60s and facilitated the regeneration of localised Victorian Indigenous weaving practices. Self-taught after observing mother and local Elders.
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Name
Connie Hart
Also known as Aunty Connie Hart
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
Other Occupation
  • shoe factory worker
  • munitions factory worker
  • hospital wardsperson
  • cook
  • maid
Birth date
1917
Birth place
Lake Condah, VIC, Little Dunmore, Lake Condah, VIC
Birth note
Little Dunmore
Death date
1993
Active Period
  • 1983 - 1993
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
  • Lake Condah, VIC, Little Dunmore, Lake Condah, VIC
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Western Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related people
  • Aitken, Sandra (relative of)
Related works
  • Eel trap (creator of)
Related collections
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related events
  • Keeping the culture alive: an exhibition of Aboriginal fibrecraft featuring Connie Hart, an elder of the Gunditjmara people with significant items on loan from the Museum of Victoria. (exhibited at)