Ms Watson-Trudgett adds that dot-painting only emerged in the 1970s with the Western Desert art movement from Papunya , a small Aboriginal community northwest of Alice Springs. It was here that ...

Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally ...

Indeed in some ways the story of Aboriginal art can be read as the poetic manifestation of two interrelated projects of the post-assimilation era: on the one hand, a dispossessed people's struggle for ...

NAIDOC has a different theme each year, decided by the NAIDOC committee, whose co-chair is Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi woman ...

These artists were winning some of the country's most prestigious art prizes, but had no professional space to hone their ...

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States.

Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed ...

By dating these artifacts, we have traced a 7,000-year history of continuous stone tool production by Aboriginal women—including objects traditionally associated with men. We are also the first ...

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Frances Belle Parker’s winning concept designs celebrate Aboriginal stories of whale migration and the coast as a gathering spot and important life source of food such as oysters. “Through ...

Canada has had a tumultuous history with its Aboriginal population, especially when it comes to issues of crime and justice. In general, Aboriginal peoples in Canada are more likely to be victims ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book is an investigation of the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has been entangled with Australian society's negotiation of ...