Some 17,000 years ago, Aboriginal artists often depicted kangaroos, fish, birds, reptiles, echidnas and plants — especially yams.
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Badtjala woman and visual artist Fiona Foley looks back at Australian history, and her own art making, in this powerful new book.
Too often in conversations about cultural centres, the incredible resources already available are neglected.The Berndt Museum, in Perth, is a collection of national and international significance.
For non-Indigenous Australians, the last summer of bushfires seemed to mark the end times. Indigenous Australians have a long perspective on history, which offers hope.
Galleries and musuems are rapidly moving online in response to social distancing measures, but the digital divide means regional and remote organisations could be left behind.
This major exhibition examines Tasmania’s overlooked history of dispossession and frontier war.
White people hugely influence the Aboriginal art world – but that can be a good thing, according to the artists.
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Professor, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer - School of Art, RMIT University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
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Adjunct Research Fellow , The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, The University of Melbourne
