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In 2003 the inaugural R & M McGivern Prize was awarded to Martin King for his painting First Rain II, 2003. Inspired by his travels to remote Indigenous communities in the far north of Australia, the work depicts the coming of the rains to the harsh desert terrains of the continent’s interior.
In 2006, first prize in the R & M McGivern Prize was awarded to Stephen Haley for his painting United (but not reconciled), 2006. The work addresses itself to the issue of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Through incorporating a single point perspective view and an aerial view of suburban Australia, the work alludes to the vantage points of two different cultures and to the tensions that persist on the road to reconciliation.
