Thrivance: Then, Now Next by Tiriki Onus, Lin Onus and Bill Onus with Jenna Lee and Jamie Ferguson, will be a significant permanent artwork installed on the ngurrak barring | RidgeWalk trail.

Works in progress - Track Closures

Key dates:

8th of September and 29 – 30th of September 2025.

Where:

Sherbrooke Forest near the bridge along Pound Creek Track, off Monbulk Road, Belgrave.

We anticipate minimal disruption through installation with works to be held during permitted working hours, avoiding peak times. Track closures will be in place at the top of Hillclimb Track, A’Vard Track and Pound Creek Track, with warning signs at track intersections.

Thrivance: Then, Now, Next by Tiriki Onus, Lin Onus and Bill Onus with Jenna Lee and Jamie Ferguson, will be a significant permanent artwork installed on the ngurrak barring | RidgeWalk trail.

This powerful work weaves together four generations of family history, activism, and creative expression that have taken place in goranwarrabil (the Dandenong Ranges).

Drawing from the Onus family archive, Thrivance: Then, Now, Next pays homage to the legacy of Yorta Yorta artist and activist William ‘Bill’ Onus, who operated the business Aboriginal Enterprises in Belgrave during the 1950s and ‘60s.

The installation also celebrates the life and artistic evolution of Lin Onus, whose pioneering fusion of Aboriginal and European artistic traditions addressed both political and aesthetic themes.

Central to the installation is a series of tall sculptural signposts, each embodying a significant motifs and themes from the archive—Aboriginal Enterprises, land rights, cultural knowledge (like boomerang-throwing), ecological connections (flora, fauna, water), and Aboriginal identity.