Darwin Festival - A Glimpse

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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
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Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
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Making Inuit art in the moment
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Weaving memory, living embodiment
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Overview of the Festival of Darwin with its temporary visual art installations 'art head land' by 18 artists. For the summer of 1996.

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