Saturday February 2, 2019
Note on Orthography - part of a Catalogue essay
A standardised system for writing a specific language. Numerous orthographies have been applied to Australian Aboriginal language; to some extent this is dependent on ‘linguistic fashion’.
Saturday February 2, 2019
The Dreaming - part of a Catalogue Essay
This all-important concept of “The Dreaming” discussed by Dr Christine Nicholls
Saturday February 2, 2019
The Women Painters of Ilyente: or, home is where the art is
A Catalogue Essay by Dr Christine Nicholls
Saturday February 2, 2019
What is distinctive about the work of Ilyente women artists
an essay by Dr Christine Nicholls
Friday February 1, 2019
My auntie has country too …
“Women have country - my aunties have the right to paint”…
Tuesday January 22, 2019
Desert Oaks (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
The Desert Oaks of Central Australia is a significant tree in Aboriginal culture…
Friday September 8, 2017
Kinship - the web of inter-connectedness …
Skin names - relationships to each other and country. Relationships in Aboriginal society are quite complex: my ‘skin’ name is Napurrurla. Years ago when I received this name I did not know what was involved with the living of it. Your skin name is a way of placing you in the community - it…