Flinders Community Battery Project
Artist Glenn Shaw
Bush Current
2024 Flinders
Glenn is a proud Bunurong (Victoria) and Plangermairreenner (Tasmania) Aboriginal man, strongly connected to Community and Culture. Glenn was born on Flinders Island, Tasmania in 1958 and started painting as a teenager.
Artwork: Bush Currant
The Bush Currant grows in the coastal zone all around the country. There are a number of varieties and colours which include Red, which are often found in North Queensland and the White/Yellow variety which are found in Victoria, Tasmania and across to Western Australia. The Currant is a small berry with a number of seeds, very sweet taste and has a high vitamin C level.
They flower during the Bunurong Seasons of Garrawang (December) and Bidarep (January-February). The Artwork also depicts 2 campsites where those collecting the seeds were camping, 2 waterholes/springs which represent the Bunurong connection to water with the remaining 7 circles depicting the 7 Seasons of the Kulin Nation being Bidarep (Dry Season January – February), Lum (Eel Season – March), Waring (Wombat Season - April – July), Guling (Orchid Season – August< Poorneet (Tadpole Season – September – October), Buarth (Guru Grass Flowering Season – November) and Garrawang (Kangaroo Apple Season – December). The 5 colours in the circles represent the 5 main apical ancestor groups of the Bunurong people.
Where to find the Flinders Community Art Battery
54-56 Cook Street Flinders
More about the Flinders Community Battery
Following three years of community climate action by Flinders Zero Carbon Community, in 2023 Mornington Peninsula Shire applied for and was awarded a $500,000 grant through the Australian Government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar Program.
The battery was officially launched on 29 October 2024 by the Hon Josh Wilson MP, Assistant Minister Climate Change and Energy, Australian Government.
Visit the Mornington Peninsula Shire website and learn more about the project supporting community renewable energy.
