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Mabu Mabu Big Esso restaurant to open in Federation Square, Melbourne
Dani Valent
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Mabu Mabu started as a pop-up stall at South Melbourne Market in 2018 and shifted to cafe premises in Yarraville in 2019. Now Torres Strait Island-born Nornie Bero is expanding her Indigenous-owned food business to the CBD with an ambitious new restaurant at Federation Square.
The 130-seat dining room and bar, next to the Koorie Heritage Trust on the southern side of the square, is slated to open early July. It will be called Mabu Mabu – Big Esso, says Bero. Esso is how we say thank you in the Torres Strait and Big Esso is slang for the biggest thank you
A striking black and white mural has been capturing the attention of people living in Melbourne as the city reopens, showcasing youth Aboriginal identity.
20-year-old Aretha Brown created the work to highlight life as a young First Nations person in the city. I think in the media we see a lot of representations of young Indigenous people, particularly in remote communities, but if you look at the kind of the statistics most mob live in the city so I just wanted to kind of show that perspective as well, she said.
This Indigenous mural is on display in Melbourne.
The work was done with environmentally-friendly paint which absorbs toxins to clean the air, and is the equivalent of planting 128 trees.
Converse collabs with Indigenous artist for second City Forests mural
By Imogen Bailey | 15 April 2021
Converse Australia has collaborated with Gumbaynggirr artist and activist, Aretha Brown, to paint a mural in Collingwood using paint that helps to clean the air.
Using a specialised paint, Brown s mural absorbs enough air pollutants to plant the equivalent of 128 trees in inner city Melbourne.
The Collingwood mural is intended to spark conversations around Indigenous urban identity and the importance of elders within the community.
The design is a celebration of Aboriginal matriarchs and signifies the integral role of elders as a pillar for community, whilst
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