Mina's Matchbox cats and an important Aboriginal activist

and an important Aboriginal activist –– while Raff Jnr would become a neurosurgeon in New York

the ground-breaking pop artist

with every enchanting detail brought to life on the page by the expert hand of Megan Hess

through the artworks and the objects in the context of the exhibition and the museum

Mina's Matchbox cats and an important Aboriginal activistAfter the death of her father, twelve year old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing