The Struggle Continues

In every area of the arts where Aborigines are participating there is an intense surge of creative vitality. Once could call it a renaissance period. When I began writing poetry, Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonucul) was the only recognised poet.

Published June 1990

Maningrida: Traditions Open to Change

Maningrida Art and Craft is synonymous with the best of contemporary traditional Aboriginal bark painting and sculpture, both major individual works and important collections.

Published June 1990

To Clean a Rusty ANCAA

The Association of Northern and Central Australian Aboriginal Artists.

Published June 1990

Jabiru

"I joined the Jabiru Cabaret in Cairns as one of the ten founding cast members in November 1988. The excitement for me as a performer, is to bridge the gap of understanding between various races, colours, cultures and countries. To witness the audience reaction to us as a group performing in three distinct areas makes us all feel very close to achieving the message of a minority through our art."

Published June 1990

Shane Pickett

Looks at the works of West Australian artist Shane Pickett.

Published June 1990

Gordon Bennett: Expressions of Constructed Identity

Gordon Bennett interviewed on the development of his work.

Published June 1990

Milpatjunanyi: Recent Pitjantjatjara Women's Painting

The Pitjantjatjara share a common heritage with Anangu (Aboriginal people) throughout the vast Western desert. They use the same rich vocabulary of visual symbols that has now become well known through the work of the Papunya Tula artists.

Published June 1990

Jumbana Designs

John and Ros Moriarty of Jumbuna Designs in interview.

Published June 1990

Vocational Arts Centre Cairns

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Education Centre in Cairns is a vocational school of Arts aimed at the development and realisation of Aboriginal artistic talent.

Published June 1990

Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy; A film by Tracey Moffatt

Two people suspended in a soundscape - a space punctuated by a stark and corrosive sound. The wail of a dingo, an owl, the grating beat of an iron lung, a gasp, a cry for breath and above all a cacophony of memory.

Published June 1990

Bluey Roberts: Interview

Published 01 March 1990

Pitchat and Beyond

Until recently, Pitjantjatjara communities had very limited acces to or influence from mainstream media, communications, technology and information systems. English is still a foreign language to most of the population and functional levels of literacy are very low.

Published June 1990