A point worth making

Save Sandon Point

Exhibition & fundraising auction

Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney (near Darling Harbour)

September 1, from 3pm

For information. Ph 0415 111 631, 0423 341 781 or Mori Gallery (02) 9283 2903

The Sandon Point area north of Wollongong became world-famous as the area that inspired D.H. Lawrence's Kangaroo, the novel he wrote in a cottage overlooking McCauley Beach and the Sandon wetlands. It would later inspire the work of artist Brett Whiteley, and is also listed as one of Australia's top 25 surfing spots.

In the past decade, it has been the site of an Aboriginal Tent Embassy and a community picket, set up to protest a contentious Stockland's development that has for several years running been mentioned in the Australian Greens annual "Worst Development" awards.

The exhibition will feature works ranging from oils and watercolours to photography, screenprints, ceramics and textiles, donated by prominent Australian artists.

Funds raised from the sale and auction of the artwork will go towards the legal challenge being mounted by Jill Walker, a Sandon Point local, against the planning decisions approved by NSW "minister for developers" Frank Sartor. There will be finger food, drinks, entertainment, as well as raffles and lucky door prizes.

From GLW issue 722