Ezzard Flowers

Ezzard Flowers, together with Athol Farmer and John Stanton of the University of Western Australia, was instrumental in the return of Noongar Carrollup artworks from the USA, and the Carrolup Artists Exhibition as part of the 2006 Perth International Arts Festival. He worked extensively in education and social work, was a participant in Indigenous Healing Arts Projects, and as Aboriginal liaison officer (MST Program) with the South Metropolitan Area Health Service, WA Department of Health and at the National Resource Management in Kojonup. In 2007, Mr Flowers received a Western Australian Multicultural Community Service award for preserving the cultural heritage of local Noongars. He is a representative on the committee of Southern Edge Arts, who received a generous Lotterywest grant in 2008 for a performing arts project aimed at promoting and preserving Noongar cultural heritage in the Great Southern region.