Category: art
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Mt Chambers Gorge + rock markings
There was a side gorge with open-air Adnyamathanha rock carvings or Yura malka by the Adnyamathanha people just past the western entrance to Mt Chambers Gorge. These rocks carvings (peroglyphs) were scratched grooves on rock surfaces on the gorge’s cliff faces and they consisted of simple geometric motifs or shapes (circles, concentric circles, lines). They…
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Warnayaka Art Centre at Lajamanu
We arrived at Lajamanu at 2am Friday morning from Alice Springs via Yuendumu, having driven for 6 hours at night through the Tanami Desert along the Tamani Road, then turning onto the track to Lajamanu after the gold mine at the Granites (operated by Newmont Mining) and at Tanami. I wondering how mining on Warlpiri land, with…
The Long Road to the North 