In December 2018, renowned street artist Fintan Magee was commissioned by the The Quad and supported by The Back Alley Gallery to paint a mural on the façade of the Lismore Library. Situated in the Lismore Quadrangle, the final work was a key feature of the 2019 Quad creative program.

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The Quad partnered with Gnibi - Southern Cross University's Indigenous School – to develop the theme for the mural portrait which celebrates intergenerational exchange of Bundjalung knowledge and language. The work features an Elder and a young person from the Widjubul Wiyabul clan of the Bundjalung nation to represent their significant role in the preservation and revitalisation of traditional language.

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The work's broader theme represents the historic moment in 2017 when the NSW government passed the nation's first Aboriginal languages legislation, at which Widjubul Wiyabul Elders were present. A message stick, held by the subject in the portrait, was painted by a young Lismore Widjubul man and used in the message stick ceremony in Parliament House.