October 29, 2009 – 9:56 am
He must have been a lot more relaxed being held by me because he started eating like crazy and nearly ate my fingers as I was holding the chicken neck! He was very skinny, with bones showing through his skin and I could count all of his ribs..
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 Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Birds, The Arts
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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.
There is the very real possibility that Alison Anderson could follow Scrymgour’s lead and walk – not to the cross-benches – but across the Assembly floor to the CLP – gifting government to the CLP’s Terry Mills.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Stupidity, The Law, The NT Intervention, The Northern Myth
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Tagged 7.30 Report, Alison Anderson, Clare Martin, Crikey, Delia Lawrie, Gerry Woods, Jane Aagard, Marion Scrymgour, Murray McLaughlin, NT News, Paul Henderson, Working Future
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This series of posters features birds that indicate ecological and social events in four Central Australian Aboriginal languages: Arrernte, Anmatyerr, Alyawarr and Kaytetye.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Animals, Birds, Birds and people, Ethnoornithology, Some places I've been
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Tagged Aboriginal bird knowledge, Alyawarr and Kaytetye, Anmatyerr, Arrernte, Birds That Tell People Things, Charles Darwin University, Cultural Signs of central Australia, Myfany Turpin, School for Policy and Social Research, University of Queensland
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Spinifex Pigeons are Australian endemics and superbly adapted to life in the Australian arid zone. Their cryptic plumage means that they blend into the rocky ridges and red soils that are their favoured breeding and foraging habitats.
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 Aboriginal & Islander Art, Birds
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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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So here we are a few years down the track.. the global economy has crashed, gloom and doom all around and we are spending a bloody fortune going half way around the world to try to flog a few pics…
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, The Arts
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Tagged Aboriginal art, Anmatyerre, Cecilia Alfonso, Desart, Desert Dreamings, Durga Vishwanthan, Gloria Morales, Mr John McCarthy, New Delhi, Nyirripi, Ormay Nangala Gallagher, Otto Jungarrayi Sims, Taj Mahal, The Indian Habitat Centre, the Open Palm Court Gallery, Warlpiri, Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
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February 6, 2009 – 3:25 pm
I’m sure there are some who’d believe Hendo’s assertion that he reshuffled his Ministries because of the GFC – but they are most likely face down in a gutter and barely breathing.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Australian politics, Northern Territory politics, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bilingual education, Cecily Napanangka Granites, English as a Second Language, Jeannie Nungarrayi Egan, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Marion Scrymgour, NT Education, Paul Henderson, World Indigenous Peoples Conference, Yalmay Yunupingu, Yothu Yindi
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