Alison Page

On the 9th of this month, the ABC's message stick broadcast a profile of Alison Page, an Indigenous designer with a seemingly insatiable appetite for life and Indigenous artistic proliferation. Some of her achievements include the formation of the Slat Water Fresh Water Alliance, the Wilcannia hospital project, the Diamond dreaming range of jewellery, and being part of the expert panel on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Her attitude is inspiring and is a testament to what can be achieved with a contemporary take on Indigenous tradition. 

The section that most intrigued me was her admission to struggling with her identity as a young woman growing up in Coffs Harbor, a particularly racist town in the mid 1980's.

The show is a canid look into the life of a designer who compliments her craft by imbuing it with her cultural heritage, and is well worth watching. Click here to watch the program.