October 18, 2009 – 10:00 am
From the dim recesses of memory I recall that Mandawuy turned up one night while we were on tour in Sydney with an old battered guitar, a swag of great songs and a keen desire to get them heard by as many people as possible.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Australian politics, Music, The Arts
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Tagged Australian Story, Balanda, Gove Peninsula, Gunatj, Jimmy Little, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Methodist Missionary Society, Natasha Robinson, Paul Kelly, Rirratjingu, Swamp Jockeys, The Australian, Treaty, Yirrkala
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September 16, 2009 – 8:45 am
To me the call of the Yinkardakurdaku sounds like water flowing out of a narrow-necked bottle, a beautiful succession of fluid sounds ending in an almost joyous, crazy climax.
September 5, 2009 – 4:59 pm
It may just be because 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, but to me there seems to be a greater willingness to engage or a broader interest in Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge among the mainstream astronomical science community than there is in many other scientific disciplines.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Birds and people, Religion, The Arts
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Tagged Aboriginal Astronomy, Adele Pring, Alma Nungarrayi Granites, Astronomy and Australian Indigenous People, Barnimbir (Venus) the Morning Star, Bill Harney, Dark Sparklers, Elvina Track, Guringai people, Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky, International Year of Astronomy, Kuringai National Park, Macquarie University Adjunct Professor Ray Norris, Questacon, South Australian Education Department, the ABC's Big Aussie Starhunt, The Emu in the Sky, Wajarri Yamatji language group, Wardaman language group
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September 5, 2009 – 5:59 am
The focus of “Ilgarijiri – things belonging to the sky” is a collaborative project between artists associated with the Wajarri Yamatji region and radio astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), based in Perth, Western Australia.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Art, The Arts
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Tagged Alma Nungarrayi Granite, Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), by Gemma Merritt, by Sonya Edney, Emu Egg time, Ilgarijiri - things belonging to the sky, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), International Year of Astronomy, Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), Seven Sisters, Seven Sisters by Margaret Danishewsky, Square Kilometre Array (SKA), Wajarri Yamatji people, Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
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September 4, 2009 – 6:29 pm
If you are in Alice Springs this weekend you can do a lot worse than go along to the Aralauen Arts Centre and catch the Desert Mob show that will be opening there Sunday – you might be lucky and see one of Nungarrayi’s paintings in the exhibition.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Art, Birds, The Arts, Yuendumu
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Tagged Alma Nungarrayi Granites, Araluen Arts centre, Bessie Nakamarra Sims, daughter, Desart, Desert Mob, grandaughter, Kingfisher Gallery, Mother, Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters dreaming), Paddy Japaljarri Sims, Paul Kelly, Warlukurlangu Artists, Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa (Star dreaming), Yiwarra - Milky Way Dreaming, Yuendumu
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Someone suggested that we could call this leatherback camp dog “Jenny” as a tribute to Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin – but “Fluffy” is more suited to her undoubted charm and character.
The main reason for my travel to Warmun was to get a better look at the work of, and make contact with several of the local artists who paint bird stories grounded in the local landscape and culture.
I’ll be travelling back up the wonderful Stuart Highway later this week en-route to home in the south-west NT and will drop in to the Iwantja Arts Centre at Indulkana in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (commonly known as the APY lands) lands of northern South Australia on the way.
I don’t know a lot about the [...]
In Australia we have 14 families and over 2,800 species of crickets and grasshoppers – here are some pictures and stories of grasshoppers found in central Australia.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Birds, Yuendumu
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Tagged Crickets, Field Guide to the Insects of Australia, grasshoppers, instar nymph, Jintilyka, Jukurrpa, Kirr-kirr, Ngalia Warlpiri, Ngapatjimbi, Nymphs, Old and New Australian Aboriginal Art, Orthoptera, Paul Zborowski, Roman Black, Ross Storey, sand grasshopper, Urnisiella, Wantangara, Warlpiri dictionary
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