Warlukurlangu Artists – The Northern Myth

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Roadkill of the week – Yinkardakurdaku, Spotted Nightjar

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.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Birds, Birds and people, Roadkill, Some places I've been | Also tagged Eurostopodus argus, Spotted Nightjar, Tanami Track, Yinkardakurdaku, Yinkardakurdaku Jukurrpa, Yuendumu | Comments (1)

Life and art in the sky, Part 2: “Ilgarijiri – Things Belonging to the Sky”

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 | Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, The Arts | Also 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, Yuendumu | Comments (2)

Life and art in the sky, Part 1 – the Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa of Alma Nungarrayi Granites

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 | Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Art, Birds, The Arts, Yuendumu | Also 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, Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa (Star dreaming), Yiwarra - Milky Way Dreaming, Yuendumu | Comments (0)

Warlukurlangu – taking the desert to (New) Delhi

March 16, 2009 – 5:21 pm

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 | Posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, The Arts, Yuendumu | Also 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, Yuendumu | Comments (4)

‘Ngurrju School, Ngurrju Pool’ (Yes School – Yes Pool) – Jenny Macklin finds a few friends at Yuendumu

October 28, 2008 – 3:54 pm

“I’ve found a friend!” Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin tells Crikey as she walks arm-in-arm across the dusty main street of Yuendumu with Peggy Nampijinpa Brown.
Jenny and Nampijinpa have just been to visit the several hundred people who have come down from their sorry business at West Camp where they are mourning the recent [...]

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, NT local government, The NT Intervention, Yuendumu | Also tagged Jenny Macklin, Mt Theo, Peggy Nampijinpa Brown, Royal Life Savers, Yuendumu, Yuendumu Mining Company, Yuendumu swimming pool | Comments (2)

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