ARTIST BIO
Jirra Lulla Harvey is a fourth year Media and Communications student at the University of Melbourne. 
She has been awarded the National (Indigenous) Scholarship, followed by two consecutive Undergraduate
Indigenous Achievement Awards. While completing her degree she has worked for numerous Aboriginal 
Organizations, recently taking over the position of Victorian Correspondent for the national Indigenous
newspaper, The Koori Mail. 
Painting has remained an important part of Jirra’s schedule. 
In 2004 Jirra was named the 2004 NAIDOC Artist of the Year. Jirra hopes to undertake post graduate studies,
eventuating in a Masters Degree in Cinema Management, while continuing to develop her artwork. 

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION
Education plants the seeds essential for our community’s growth. 
The central circle is representative of the different areas in which this process is taking place. Whether 
it be in a lecture theater, a class room or at the Centre for Indigenous Education, through out the University
seeds of knowledge are being planted in the minds of future Indigenous leaders. Fern tendrils grow in each
direction, showing these skills being taken back to Aboriginal communities across the country. As this process
continues, the growth becomes denser as each of our communities flourish. 
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j.harvey4@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au