Strength, hope, sadness: politicians come together to unveil historic portrait

By Fergus Hunter
Updated May 29 2017 - 3:49pm, first published 3:41pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister Ken Wyatt unveiled a portrait of Ken Wyatt the first indigenous MP in the House of Representatives by artist Mary Moore at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 May 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister Ken Wyatt unveiled a portrait of Ken Wyatt the first indigenous MP in the House of Representatives by artist Mary Moore at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 May 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

There's a Maori word, mana, which found its way into a celebration of Aboriginal Australia at Parliament House on Monday.

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