Reflect RAP Commission

KTAFA × Northwest

T'keyah Ware created an original Aboriginal artwork to bring Northwest's inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan to life. The piece narrates the organisation's reconciliation journey across Australia and New Zealand, and is proudly displayed in their Melbourne office.

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2024–25

Inaugural Reflect RAP

2,500+

RAP network organisations

AU & NZ

Reconciliation journey

Melbourne

Artwork on display

Commissioned by Northwest Healthcare Properties

The commission

Reconciliation, told through Country

Northwest's Reflect RAP sought to build baseline cultural knowledge, drive tangible actions with measurable benefits, and leverage influence with community stakeholders to improve reconciliation outcomes. T'keyah's artwork became the visual heart of that commitment, a canvas of cultural storytelling carrying the organisation's reconciliation journey into the spaces where its people work.

February 2024

Northwest's Inaugural Reflect RAP

Northwest Healthcare Properties commissioned up-and-coming First Nations artist T'keyah Ware to create an original artwork reflecting its reconciliation journey. It is featured throughout the Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (February 2024 – July 2025) and displayed in Northwest's Regional Head Office in Melbourne.

Reconciliation Australia formally endorsed the plan, welcoming Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT to a network of more than 2,500 corporate, government and not-for-profit organisations committed to reconciliation through the RAP program.

Northwest is the largest Australasian owner, manager and developer of healthcare property, with a portfolio of around A$6.0 billion and offices in Melbourne, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Auckland.

Northwest is proud to be launching our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, a first but important step in our reconciliation journey. Meaningful impact is at the heart of who we are at Northwest and what we do.
Craig Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Northwest

The artwork

A journey toward reconciliation

The artwork illustrates Northwest's journey towards reconciliation in both Australia and New Zealand, and how Northwest seeks to embed Indigenous culture within its identity. It acknowledges the important role Northwest has as an owner, manager and developer of healthcare assets and precincts, and the ambition to come together with First Nations to strengthen the relationship with Indigenous culture.

The journey line captures Northwest's purpose and the essential role its tenants play in creating spaces for healing. Every step captures the evolution Northwest is undertaking through reconciliation: providing healthcare services where they are most needed, realising its commitment to reconciliation, and coming together with First Nations peoples to share in and celebrate Indigenous culture through places of healing.

About the artist

T'keyah Ware

T'keyah Ware belongs to the Antikirinya / Wirangu peoples. Born in Port Augusta in 2002, she grew up in Ceduna, South Australia, and comes from a line of creative women, drawing inspiration from her great grandmother and mother for her artworks and stories.

She started painting at 13 and continues to learn from her mum, Kelly Taylor, exploring ways to showcase her family and great grandmothers' journey across country hunting and gathering traditional foods. Her dot work spreads across the canvas in multiple colours for an eye-catching effect.

Her accomplishments include being Highly Commended at the Our Young Mob exhibition, being featured in Vogue Living, and collaborating with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Disney Australia.

A significant anniversary

Launched on the anniversary of the National Apology

Northwest was particularly proud to formally embark on their reconciliation journey on the anniversary of when former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to the Stolen Generation and Australia's Indigenous peoples on behalf of the Parliament of Australia.

The National Apology has been considered a milestone step toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and Northwest chose this date to signify the importance of their own first step.

This collaboration reflects KTAFA's commitment to creating authentic Aboriginal artwork that carries cultural storytelling into Australian organisations, connecting business identity with the stories of Country and community.

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