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Australian Indigenous art

EXPANDED LABEL: 2022.215a- MELLOR

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Four string bags woven from wire and feathers.
WATER

Lorraine Connelly-Northey

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A detail view of an abstract artwork representing string over blue water.
WATER

Judy Watson

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A work that appears as a midden of oyster shells on black sand, installed on the floor of a gallery space.
WATER

Megan Cope

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A colourful abstract artwork by First Nations artist Naomi Hobson, painted using traditional techniques.
GONE FISHING

ALONG THE SHORELINE

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A cropped installation view of five woven fish traps made in varying earth-tones.
GONE FISHING

TRAPS, TACKLE AND GEAR

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An installation view that appears as a large midden of white shells piled in front of a white gallery wall, in a corner.
GONE FISHING

SEA RIGHTS: Politics, lore and custom

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ESSAY: 2004.205 BAYPUNGALA / Nganiyal

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2003.043 WURRKIDJ

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ESSAY: 2003.162 PWERLE

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ESSAY: 2004.089 Judy BAYPUNGALA

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ESSAY: 'Samsara' series / FOLEY MELLOR

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EXPANDED LABEL: 1993.345 MILPURRURRU TREMBLAY

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2002.057 WURRKIDJ

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ESSAY: 2002.095 BOPIRRI

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EXPANDED LABEL: 1998.071 KNGWARREYE

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EXPANDED LABEL: 1998.072 KNGWARREYE

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EXPANDED LABEL: 1998.073 KNGWARREYE

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2005.062 BAYPUNGALA

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ESSAY: Danie Mellor's Whether you like it or not

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Subdued yet vibrant pastel toned watercolour of the Australian outback

ESSAY: The Hermannsburg School of Painting

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A work created with blue pastel in pencil representing a forest in two panels; the left panel is coloured in a deeper blue than the right, which appears as more of a sketch.
APT8

Danie Mellor

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A bright watercolour painting of a landscape in Central Australia, with yellows, pinks, greens and blues.
THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

ESSAY: Namatjira and the Hermannsburg School

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A watercolour painting of a Central Australian landscape.
THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

QAGOMA COLLECTION: Hermannsburg painters

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Three earthenware pots by with eagles and owls painted on them.
THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

QAGOMA COLLECTION: Hermannsburg Potters

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A black-and-white photograph of a fish which lies on grass or hay.
TRANSITIONS

Michael Riley: Sacrifice and cloud (portfolio)

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A work of concentric ovals in natural pigments on eucalyptus bark by Deaf Tommy Mungatopi (detail view)
TRANSITIONS

Transitions

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Dot painting on Toyota HiLux car bonnet
TRANSITIONS

Transitions Now

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An installation view of a sculptural work made with fluorescent light tubes
TRANSITIONS

A material sense

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Wunjayi (Today): Sonja and Elisa Jane Carmichael

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