Butterfly Fishes Print - Melanie Hava Brand / Hermannsburg Potters acclaimed art critic and writer

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Butterfly Fishes Print - Melanie Hava Brand / Hermannsburg Potters acclaimed art critic and writerMelanie Hava was born into an interesting and diverse culture, her father comes from Enns the oldest city in Austria and her mother from one of the oldest cultures on earth, the Aboriginal people of Australia. Whilst Melanie celebrates her Austrian heritage she also identifies through her Mums culture, a Mamu Aboriginal woman, Dugul barra and Wari barra family groups from the North Johnstone River catchment of the West Tropics of Far North Queensland