AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS ART
First Edition. Large-format book featuring full-colour photographs from 12 different places in Australia, all sacred to Aborigines. With guidance from local Aboriginal custodians, the author explores the Aborigines’ insight into the land and its importance for all Australians.
Dreaming stories from Valley of the Boomerangs, Carnarvon Gorge; Herring Bone Country, Pilbara; Depuch Island; Kimberley; Bungle Bungles; Katherine; Goose Camp, Northern Territory; Haast Bluff; Tanami Desert; Uluru; Katatjuta (the Olgas); Mootwingee; rock paintings; rock engravings; sky heroes.
- 232 p. : col. ill., 1 map ; 29 cm. First Edition
- Sacred space — Australia
- Sacred space — Australia — Pictorial works
- Aboriginal Australians — Religion
- Aboriginal Australians — Religion — Pictorial works
- Aboriginal Australians — Land tenure
- Aboriginal Australians — Land tenure — Pictorial works
- Art – Rock art – Engraving
- Sites – Ceremonial grounds
- Art – Rock art – Painting
- Art – Rock painting
- Stories and motifs – Rock outcrops
- Art – Rock engraving
- Stories and motifs – Cultural heroes
- Tanami Desert (Central NT SE52, SE53, SF52, SF53)
- Kata Tjuta / Olgas (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Carnarvon Range (SW Qld SG55-07)
- Katherine (NT Top End SD53-09)
- Haasts Bluff / Ikuntji (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Mutawintji / Mootwingee / Mutanie (NW NSW SH54-15)
- Purnululu / Bungle Bungles (WA East Kimberley SE52-06)
- Depuch Island (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)
- Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
#0317/1020/080224/230424 ISBN 10: 073180192X ISBN 13: 9780731801923