AUSTRALIAN ART CRAFT ABORIGINAL

Stories of the women who relearnt the art of weaving; one of the main reasons that the knowledge was lost because of removal of the old people to Hope Valley Mission, and later removal of younger people to white homes in the south; evacuation of Hope Valley Mission to Woorabinda during Second World War; return home; weavers’ personal stories; processes of weaving.

First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

• Plants – Pandanus
• Art – Crafts – Baskets and basketmaking
• Plants – Grasses
• Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)
• Hope Vale (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)

Subject:

• Handicraft — Queensland — Cape York Peninsula
• Art, Aboriginal Australian — Queensland — Cape York Peninsula
• Women, Aboriginal Australian — Queensland — Cape York Peninsula
• #020125 53 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 21 cm.