Memorial pole

The permanent exhibit at the National Gallery of Australia, Aboriginal Memorial, consists of 200 hollow log coffins, created by 43 artists.

The poles are variously known as lorrkkon (in West Arnhem Land, Bininj Kunwok[1]), ḻarrakitj (in the east),[2] or ḏupun by the Yolngu people.

[4][8] The poles are painted with elaborate and intricate designs, which relate to the deceased's clan, and are believed to help guide the soul to its home, where spirits and ancestors would then recognise it.

The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra holds an installation originally created in 1988[10] called the Aboriginal Memorial, consisting of 200 hollow log coffins from Central Arnhem Land.

It is intended to commemorate all of the Indigenous Australians who have died defending their land since the colonisation of Australia in 1788,[5] and made for public display.

[2] There is a "forest" of larrakitj in the Elder Wing of the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, which includes works by Gulumbu Yunupingu and Nawurapu Wunungmurra.