Art in Menindee: a remote outback town | Artwork by students of the Menindee Central School

Blake Garlick, Dark Vader, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

Menindee is a remote community in far-western NSW, 110km south-east of Broken Hill.

The population of the school has an 85% Aboriginal population the school develops personalised plans for our Aboriginal students and has a 100% retention rate of students in years 10 and 11. The Menindee Central School has developed a program that involves the whole

Under the guidance of teacher Rick Ball the students create work of incredible beauty and skill using recycled cardboard, paint and canvas. The two levels of the Art Factory present a variety of work from students and their Aboriginal Education assistant, Cheryl Blore.