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Gabala Garment Plate
Fashion
Gabala plate
Location
Yagara Country
Project type
Fashion
Design date
2025
Gabala Garment Plate is my interpretation of the brass metal plates with the word “KING” engraved, worn around an Indigenous Australian man's neck. My ancestors wore the brass KING plates. Rich in knowledge, respected leaders of the tribe.
This was not a hierarchy structure, as all life is equally important.
The brass plates are symbolic and was a way for the colonisers of Australia to identify which Indigenous man to talk to. This method was a way for colonisers, in most cases, to take advantage of our knowledge and resources.
My Gabala Garment Plate highlights femininity by using the soft possum furs as the plate, symbolising how women's voices were ignored by the people of ‘authority.’
Women were not allowed to ‘say it with our chest.’
Gabala Garment Plate paired with Gabala Garment Belt and Gabala Garment Skirt
