Rock art directly represents how our ancestors saw the world. A new approach involving the history of the landscape brings fresh meaning to Arnhem Land rock art.
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Clare Wright has spent ten years researching the history of these groundbreaking petitions. Though few Australians have heard of them, she writes, we can learn much from the story of their creation.
Beneath the floodplains of Arnhem Land lies a hidden landscape that has been transformed over millennia as seas rose and fell.
Majumbu’s work sits in the Melbourne Museum, but until now he has not been named as the artist.
Anthropologist Neville White has spent two months a year since 1974 in Arnhem Land, as a guest of Yolngu families residing at the Donydji community.
Tim Rowse concludes that Paul Daley’s new novel, inspired by true events in Arnhem Land, is fluent and skilfully paced – but doesn’t risk complicating the critical narrative of our colonial history.
The Spencer/Cahill Collection at Museums Victoria contains approximately 170 bark paintings – and now we can name one of the artists behind them.
Australia’s stunning galleries of rock art are vast repositories of knowledge that can teach us much.
Kava is not commonly used in Australia. But that will change and we need to keep an eye on what happens next.
Pictures of boats and ships in rock art at the northwestern tip of Australia show the European incursions from the 1800s — but also the much earlier and lesser known sea trade with southeast Asia.
In depicting brutal massacres and mission life, this film gets a lot right. And the model for its central protagonist may well be a young man called Narlim, exiled from his country in the late 1930s.
Tiny nutshell fragments, found at a rock shelter in the Kakadu region, have helped researchers track past climate change in the region.
More than 500 paintings at 87 rock shelters provide a remarkable glimpse into past Aboriginal life.
A series of four live-streamed concerts from Arnhem Land offers a welcome break from bad news and a way for Indigenous musicians to share their talents with the world.
Yothu Yindi’s music introduced the world to the Yolŋu clan traditions of northeast Arnhem Land. But few listeners know these songs echo long histories of engagement with Southeast Asian visitors.
The future of tourism depends on ensuring visitors do not wear out their welcome. Giving locals more of a say in tourism can help ensure they share in the benefits and minimise the costs.
Trade tells a story of modern Australia that began long before January 26, 1788.
Feral cats and pigs, mission grass and climate change - in western Arnhem Land, Indigenous rangers are battling many environmental threats. Through painting and performance, they are also telling ‘healthy country’ stories.
The yidaki, a musical instrument owned by the Yolngu people of North East Arnhem Land, is created by both termites and instrument makers, who tap trees to find hollow logs. A new exhibition tells its fascinating story.
A score of new fish species discovered recently in northern Australia remind us how little we know about our country.
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University
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Rock Art Australia Ian Potter Kimberley Chair, The University of Western Australia
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Senior research fellow, Flinders University
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Professor and Inaugural Director, Indigenous Knowledge Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Archaeological Science, Flinders University
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Senior Erre Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Co-manager, Injalak Arts, Indigenous Knowledge
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Adjunct Fellow, Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit, Griffith University
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Danek Senior Traditional Owner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Associate Lecturer, Flinders University
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PhD candidate, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
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Principal research fellow, Menzies School of Health Research
