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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Citations

  • 'Auntie Connie Hart Activity Sheet’, Koori Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC, Koori Heritage Trust archive made available to Storylines Project, 2008.

Initial data sources

  • 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)