Print PagePhotographic competition winners
The winners of the inaugural Sea Country Partnerships Photographic Competition were announced on 3 July 2012 as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations.
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Fountain of Youth - our waters are also our enjoyment by Kathi Gibson-Steffensen. |
The overall winner was Hopevale photographer Kathi Gibson-Steffensen for her image of four Indigenous boys in a mangrove-lined creek near Hopevale in Cape York Peninsula. The image was taken at Munbah, at one of the special places of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Hopevale.
She won a Nikon D-3100 DSLR camera with twin lens kit.
Fifteen other entries won prizes across five categories.
The competition was run by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in the Great Barrier Reef.
It was funded through the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country Reef Rescue Land and Sea Country Indigenous Partnerships Program.
| Categories | 1st Place | 2nd Place |
3rd Place |
| Category 1: Great Barrier Reef Sea Country |
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| Sacred Rock – protection over the waters by Kathi Gibson-Steffensen of Hopevale |
My son at Cape Hillsborough National Park by Charmaine Miller of Mackay |
My daughter heading towards the seagrass beds at Archer Point at low tide by Larissa Hale of Archer Point | |
| Prize | 16GB iPad2 | 500GB external hard drive | 12" digital photo frame |
| Categories | 1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
| Category 2: Traditional Use of Marine Resources |  |
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| Enjoying the weekend fishing by Zeila Wallace of Archer Point |
Shell Jewellery by Rozina Seru of Townsville |
Finding a clam by Cath Weston of Magnetic Island | |
| Prize |
16GB iPad2 | 500GB external hard drive | 12" digital photo frame |
| Categories | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Category 3: Elders and Youth |  |
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| A grandmother passing her knowledge to her granddaughter using string figures by Dennis Newie of Moa Island | Mum with niece. Mum is always keen to get us kids fishing and camping by Claudia Moondoonuthi of Aurukun | Grandfather and grandson spearing in the shallows at Archer Point by Larissa Hale of Archer Point | |
| Prize | 16GB iPad2 | 500GB external hard drive | 12" digital photo frame |
| Categories | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Category 4: Sea Country Art, Music or Dance |  |
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| My painting of where the land meets the sea – fish and nets and lore poles by Claudia Moondoonuthi of Aurukun | Ku Ku Yalanji girl turtle dreaming by Deborah O'Leary of Townsville |
Sapuruka - Mer Island Dancer by Rozina Seru of Townsville |
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| Prize | 16GB iPad2 | 500GB external hard drive | 12" digital photo frame |
| Categories | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Category 5: Working on Sea Country and Partnerships |  |
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| Big Bertha. The shell was 117cm long and it took six people to carry her by Larissa Hale of Archer Point. | Managing and caring for our magnificent horses on our beautiful islands. Environmental partnership with the council by Dennis Newie of Moa Island | Learning how to use new sequences on an iTracker. Taken at Archer Point by Michael Hale | |
| Prize | 16GB iPad2 | 500GB external hard drive | 12" digital photo frame |
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