Image credits

Catalogued in order of appearance.

 

 

An introduction to Australian Aboriginal art and culture

 

#1 Mock dot painting by Sara Smerdon
 
#2 Collage by Sara Smerdon. Photograph of Aboriginal children collecting ininti seeds by Greg Morrison, (from Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs, Lansdowne Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia, 1984. ISBN 1-86302-561-8) Extract of dot painting: 'Water Dreaming' 1997 by Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra. Photo detail of Uluru and spinifex grass by S.Smerdon.
 
#3 Pintubi woman drawing in sand, Greg Morrison (Australia's Living Heritage.) Border image: photo detail of gumtree bark, S.Smerdon.
 
#4 Rock paintings at Waniliri, Gibb River, N-W Australia, Jutta Malnic (Aust. Living Heritage.) Dancers in Tiwi Corroboree, Bathurst Island, photograph by Carolyn Johns, Wildlight. (Wisdom from the Earth, Anna Voigt and Nevill Dury, Simon and Schuster, Australia, 1997, ISBN 0 7318 0569 0.)
 
#5 The sacred site, Uluru, in Central Australia. Photograph by S. Smerdon.
 
#6 Impression of Aboriginal flag: Sara Smerdon.
 
 

Gallery of Australian Aboriginal art and culture

 
#1 Line illustration by Ainslie Roberts, (from The Dreamtime Book, Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts and Text by Charles P. Mountford. Rigby Limited, 1973, ISBN 0 85179 428 9.)
 
 

Landscape

 
# 1 Abstract: Sara Smerdon.
 
#2 Uluru rock face: Sara Smerdon.
 
#3 Dead tree at Kings Cannyon: Sara Smerdon.
 
#4 Kings Cannyon: Sara Smerdon.
 
#5 Ochre pit, Northern Territory: Sara Smerdon.
 
#6 Ochre pit: Sara Smerdon.
 
#7 Dry landscape: Sara Smerdon.
 
#8 Spinifex landscape: Sara Smerdon.
 
#9 Boy beside car: Sara Smerdon.
 
#10 Aboriginal land entry ticket: Parks Australia.
 

Mythology

 
All images from The Dreamtime Book, by Aislie Roberts and Charles P. Mountford, Published by Rigby, Australia, 1973. ISBN 085179 428 9
 
#1 Wuria and the Red Ochre, Ainslie Roberts, 1970, 36"x 27". (Mr and Mrs Malcolm E. Gaetjens)
 
#2 Witana's Ochre mines, Ainslie Roberts, 1970, 36"x 36". (Dr D.H. Le Messurier)
 
#3 The First Fire, Ainslie Roberts, 1964, 28"x 48". (Mr V.G. Pike)
 
#4 The Flood Maker, Ainslie Roberts, 1964, 27"x 36". (Mrs Maurice Thiem)
 

Ceremonial art

 
#1 The breast of a Pintubi woman painted for a ceremony at Kintore, central Australia. pg. 64, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#2 Men's ceremony performed at Yuelamu community, Mount Allen, Northern Territory. Photographer Grenville Turner. pg. 89,  Wisdom from the Earth, Anna Voigt and Nevill Dury.
 
#3 Island Corroboree, Clake Island, Sydney. Photographer Philip Quirk. pg. 85, Wisdom from the Earth.
 
#4 Tiwi Corroboree, Bathurst Island. Photograph Carolyn Johns. pg. 100, Wisdom from the Earth.
 
#5 Womaen's ceremonial dancing at corroboree, Yuelamu community, Mount Allen, Northern Territory. Photograph Grenville Turner. pg. 139, Wisdom from the Earth.
 
#6 Tiwi men in full 'pukumani'ceremonial body designs. Photographs Tom Nell. pg. 78, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#7 Tiwi man in full ceremonial decoration. pg. 53, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 

Rock engraving

 
#1 Frieze of cup and ring engravings together with abraded grooves at Carnarvon Gorge, Queensland. pg. 148, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#2 Simple outline engraving of an emu, Dampier, Western Australia. pg. 146, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
 

Rock painting

 
#1 Rock paintings at Waniliri, Gibb River, north-western Australia. Photograph Jutta Malnic. pg. 48, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#2 Rock painting at Goose Camp on the Alligator River in the Northern Territory. Photographer, Colin Beard. Wisdom from the Earth, Anna Voigt and Nevill Dury.
 
#3 Group of figures painted in the x-ray style at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. pg. 176, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
 

Bark painting

 
#1 'Darhlu spirit woman' by Maralwanga of the Gunwinggu group, western Arnham Land. Hogarth Galleries. pg. 192, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#2 X-ray 'crocodile' by Yirawala, Gunwinggu group, Liverpool River. Collection The Australian Museum. pg. 191, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#3 'Nawilah, freshwater stingray Dreaming' by Maralwanga of the Gunwinggu group, western Arnham Land. Hogarth Galleries. pg. 192, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#4 'Kumoken (freshwater crocodile) with Mimi Spirits' by Djawida, b.c.1935, Yulkman clan; Kunwinjku language, Kurrudjmuh, western Arnhem Land; earth pigments on bark; 151 x 71cm; 1990; purchased 1990; National Gallery of Victoria. pg. 139, Lonely Planet Guide, Australia.
 
#5 'Namarrkon, (lightening spirit) by Curly Bardagubu, c. 1931-87, Born clan; Kunwinjku language, Namokardabu, western Arnhem Land; earth pigments on bark; 156 x 75cm; 1987; purchased through the Art Foundation of Victoria with asistance from Alcoa of Australia Limited, Governer 1990; National Gallery of Victoria. pg. 138, Lonely Planet Guide, Australia.
 

Carved tools

 
All images by Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#1 Water carrying vessel carved from the gnarled protuberance of a eucalyptus tree. Collection the Australian Museum. pg. 233.
 
#2 Fire-sticks from Aurukun, Queensland. pg. 235.
 
#3 A rare bark shield made by Koolmatrie of the Kaurna from Point Mcleay, South Australia, in 1914. Collection the South Australian Museum. pg. 233.
 
#4 Pitjantjatjara women from Amata making carrying dishes from the roots of the central Australian river red gums. pg. 238.
 

Fibre craft

 
#1 The breast of a child wearing body paint and seed decorations, pg.92, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage.
 
#2 Detail of a modern pandanus table mat from Aurukun, pg. 131, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage.
 
#3 Twined ceremonial dilly bag from eastern Arnhem Land. Collection the Australian Museum. pg. 105, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#4 Old coiled cockle basket or 'lokkori' from the Coorong area, South Australia. Collection the Australian Museum. pg. 130, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#5 Traditional woven bags made from natural fibres are still used to gather bush foods near Aurukun, Cape York. pg. 106, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage.
 
#6 Arnhem Land feathered strings worn by men around arms, head and waist during dances and for ceremonial occasions. Collection Noerthern territory of Arts and Sciences. Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage.
 

Sculpture

 
#1 Carved tree, or dendroglyph, near Gin Gin, New South Wales. pg. 256, Australia's Living Heritage.
 
#2 Guldana the spirit by Mungurrawuy, Yirrkala, circa 1976. Photograph Uwe Steinward. pg. 252, Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#3 Straw-necked ibis by Johnny Mayarra from Ramingining, eastern Arnhem Land. pg. 252, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#4 Poles from the Marradjiri ceremony, Maningrida area. pg. 254, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#5 Nellie Patterson polishes her carved animals at the craft collection centre at Amata, South Australia. pg. 262, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#6 Carved and painted ironwood figures by Declan Apuatimi, Bathurst Island. pg. 244, Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#7 Djambuwal the thunder man, a wooden sculpture by Mawalan, Yirrkala, eastern Arnhem Land, 1948. Collection Art Gallery of South Australia. Australia's Living Heritage, pg. 252.
 

Contemporary

 
#1 Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra, Water Dreaming, 1997.
 
#2 Emily Kane Kngwarreye, Yam Story, 1995
 
#3 Rover Thomas, Yari country, 1989.
 
#4 Sally Morgan, Taken Away, 1989. The art of Sally Morgan, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1996. ISBN 0 670 90354 X.
 
#5 Sally Morgan, Untitled, 1998. The art of Sally Morgan, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1996. ISBN 0 670 90354 X.
 
#6 Beerabee Mungnari, Benn Gorge, 1997.
 
#7 Eunice Napangardi Uparli Tjulkapa, Bush Banana Dreaming.
 
#8 Dorothy Napangardi, Women's dreaming, 1998.
 
#9 Don Tjungurrayi painting at Papunya. pg. 216. Reg Morrison; Australia's Living Heritage, Jennifer Isaacs.
 
#10 Daisy Leura Nakamarra, Women's Ceremony, 1998.