Darwin Street Art Festival 2025: Return Lee Point / by Minna Leunig

This mural was painted as part of the Darwin Street Art Festival 2025 in support of Larrakia people who are leading the Return Lee Point campaign to protect Binybara (Lee Point) from military development by Defence Housing Australia.

The Gouldian Finch - an endangered bird that lives at Lee Point - has become a symbol of resistance throughout this campaign. Its survival is tied to this place, like so much else that can’t be relocated or replaced - no matter how tidy plans look on paper.

Binybara is Larrakia land. It holds sacred sites, ancestral living places, and ongoing cultural connection - not just in memory but in practice - today and tomorrow. This work stands with those saying no to destruction, no to erasure, and no to being politely ignored on their own Country.

LAND BACK.

www.returnleepoint.com

πŸ“ 98 Woods st, Darwin City