BulaBula: New High Tech Arts Centre, Ramingining

The three storey facility looks incongruous in the ramshackle Aboriginal settlement of Ramingining which crouches along a dirt road in an Arnhem Land eucalypt forest 550 km east of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Photos of people in Ramingining.

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Arriving at a Sense of Position

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Cultural Diversity and Public Galleries

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Crossing Cultures in Dance

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How Clay Speaks for Neville Assad

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A Very Personal View

A very personal view. And finally there is a need for us to allow art and artists to develop from their own roots, regardless of their country or culture of origin.

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The Studio in Deer Park

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