Anna Sande

Anna Sande is a Victorian painter, photographer, curator and writer. With qualifications in art history and political science from the University of Melbourne.

Recent articles by Anna Sande

Reading al Nakba

Reading al Nakba

The arrogance of early Victorian colonial settlement seems lost to amnesia. Maps of the time show the world as if diseased by a sprawling red virus – the British Empire. With the reach of the red went a blind and over-weening attitude of entitlement, a dictation of what would and would not be. Indigenous people were not engaged or consulted about what would decide their fate – there were a few significant exceptions to that tendency, including T.E Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, also known as Ned.

Dig deeper

Dig deeper

I dug a hole in the garden I don’t why just felt like digging Just broke up with my girlfriend I needed something … something to do Soon I’d dug so deep The sky was just a window above me But I didn’t care … mmm Looking for something deeper Jackson Jackson (2006)

Fatal shame: Can Australia seize the anchor of history?

Fatal shame: Can Australia seize the anchor of history?

Australia, with its brief white history, once had an opportunity to be positively exemplary among nations, conscious and remedying of its colonial and penal acts and origins. It had fewer mistakes to wipe, and more physical riches to value and to share. Yet in a very short time that opportunity and those resources have been squandered and abused. Adrift, en masse, alone, the opportunity to effect change recedes. Can we seize the anchor of history in time?

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