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and the laughter and song of her people. The same year a sell-out exhibition of her work in
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During the 1980s McLean produced craftworks and traditional paintings. In 1992 she participated in the Warta Kutju (Wama Wanti) Street Art
Project, where she met fibre artist Nalda Searles. Starting from 1992 McLean's paintings have been exhibited widely.
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where McLean's son went too. When McLean's daughter was born, she was also taken away from her. While children were at the mission McLean was directed to work on the district sheep station where she chose to be a station hand mustering the sheep.
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Pantjiti Mary McLean: A Big Story : Paintings and
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in Perth. In 2005 a book with a catalogue for a retrospective exhibition
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