Miriam Charlie: Getting to Borroloola

Miriam Charlie traces the journey home — a path that is as much about memory and identity as it is about geography. Known for her intimate, hand-held Polaroids, this series captures fragments of travel and return — the open road, the shifting sky, the signs and symbols that mark the way to Borroloola.⁠

Miriam Charlie is a proud Garrwa / Yanyuwa woman, and has lived her entire life in Borroloola, 1,000 kilometres south east of Darwin, documenting community life with a Polaroid camera. The intimacy of her photos is reminiscent of our own family photographs, reframing the experience of life in a remote community through the lens of compassion, dignity and respect.