Isobel Morphy-Walsh

Photo by Tiffany Garvie

Isobel Morphy-Walsh, a proud Nirim Baluk Woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people. She is a lover of anecdote, an artist, an activist, an educator, a singer, a storyteller and weaver. Isobel has spent her life working with her community and culture with a particular emphasis on history, culture, country and its importance today. Her artwork can be found in a state collection, over walls she passes or on the bodies of people she knows. Isobel works with Museums Victoria focusing on First Peoples cultures, communities, histories and engagement. She has worked to deliver many major events, comprehensive education suites and indeed curatorial work.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.