The Logo

The meaning behind The Lost Australian. The design begun while I was waiting for a passenger at the airport. The Lost Australian. What does it mean? Well obviously it’s me and that I felt I had become lost after I had lost my job as a senior archaeologist in Blaine Washington. Never before had I been terminated from a position. I cried, I lost it, I drank and I was a total mess. Yes it became a relief because the position I was in was indeed extremely stressful. Couldn’t help feel crushed and gutted. At the time, I had no other job prospects until my employment authorization document arrived. Uber seemed the simplest job I could get due to the fact my car was within the 15 year timeframe. I have been driving a lot since doing archaeology. You have to you travel a ton. I’ve been to some pretty obsure places. Anyway when some people ask me how did I end up in Washington of all places I jokingly say I got lost. It usually strikes a positive chord with people. They laugh and move on.

OK the T is me holding out my hands and wondering where I am. The hat on my head is the kangaroo leather hat I used to wear in the field in Australia. The L is a kangaroo also confused. It represents the time I hit one driving 100km per hour heading home from work one day and this bloody roo jumped out in front of me. There was nothing I could do except hit it. It obviously was lost in it’s own world. Development has destroyed habitats throughout Australia and subsequently many roos end up as hood ornaments. The A is me looking out on the horizon on a ladder also wondering where I am, maybe I’m cleaning the gutters from my dad’s house in Western Sydney? All on the background of a map of Australia. The colours are Aboriginal colours. Red, black and yellow. In Australia I worked closely with different traditional owners for compliance reasons. They still mean the world to me and I miss many of them. They taught me a lot and were always kind to me. The question marks above the heads there are the number 9 they represent the 9 in 2019, which is when the logo was designed.