Desert Lake : art, science and stories from Paruku

Desert Lake : art, science and stories from Paruku / edited by Steve Morton [and others].

A visual and descriptive portrait of Paruku (Lake Gregory), enriched by Indigenous knowledge and the connecting medium of art.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Morton, Steve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:
Art, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
Ecology > Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
ART > History > General.
Aboriginal Australians
Art, Aboriginal Australian
Ecology
Social conditions
Gregory, Lake (W.A.) > Social conditions.
Western Australia > Lake Gregory
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Biographies; Map of Paruku; Acknowledgements; Welcome; Introduction; Waljirri; Part 1: Deep time; Chapter 1: Everything comes back to here; Parnkupirti layers; Chapter 2: Earth science in traditional lands:bridge or barrier?; Mapping 1
  • palimpsest; Part 2: Recent times; Travelling around the Lake; Chapter 3: A Lake in time: histories of Paruku; Chapter 4: Mulan story; Early days at Mulan; Veronica Lulu's story of her brother, Rex Johns; Billiluna sunstroke; Billiluna times; At the Old Mission; Mission times; Come back, this is your home.
  • Working with archaeologists at Sturt CreekMassacre on Sturt Creek
  • 1; Massacre on Sturt Creek
  • 2; Mapping 2
  • pathways; Falling star studies; How the fish were taken away from the Lake; Chapter 5: Water of life; The Kiji painting; Mapping 3
  • mapping fire and water; Working in the Indigenous Protected Area; Working in our Country; Chapter 6: The living world; The willie wagtail, jirntirpirriny; The bilby, nyarlku; We been bringem back Country; Falling star paintings; Chapter 7: We have come to the shores: an artist's diary; Paruku awareness; Making sculptures.
  • Chapter 8: The shape of the LakeParnkupirti men's painting; Chapter 9: Thinking about painting; Paruku suite: poems; Mapping 4
  • collaborations; Part 3: The future; Bringing Mulan back to life; Chapter 10: A strong community for the future; Mapping 5
  • kids: mapping the future; Paruku Ranger; A way of healing; Coda: ways of seeing; Glossary of Walmajarri words; Partners; Desert Lake: Art, Science and Stories from Paruku Folio and DVD; Index.

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