Tag Archives: Yirrkala

The Djang’kawu Come to America

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Last weekend we were back at Dartmouth College to hear Howard Morphy deliver the Montgomery Endowment Lecture as part of the fellowship that has him and his wife, Frances, in residence at the College this semester.  He chose as his … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

If I were inventing epithets for Australia, in the manner of a vernacular Homer, I might call it “the star-strewn country.” There are the desert stories of the Minyma Tjuta, the seven sisters who fled across the continent from the … Continue reading →

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Side by Side, Yolngu and Balanda

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

In his article, “Mutual Conversion?: The Methodist Church and the Yolngu,with particular reference to Yirrkala” (Humanities Research, vol. XII, no. 1, 2005, pp. 41-53), Howard Morphy essays a preliminary history of the Methodist Overseas Mission in Arnhem Land.  Admitting that … Continue reading →

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Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

The National Museum of Australia has been achieving remarkable successes with one extraordinary exhibition of Indigenous art and history after another; and I say “art and history” deliberately, for these shows, Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, Yiwarra Kuju: the … Continue reading →

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Teach Your Children

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

When I first visited Yirrkala and the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in 2005, Will Stubbs described to me his dream of building a multimedia centre and library.  At that time, his dream consisted of some ceramic tiles that might adorn the … Continue reading →

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Nathan B and the Hiphop Mulka

Posted on January 16, 2008 by

Check out this excellent slice of Mulka Project hiphop, performed by Nathan B and filmed at Yirrkala. Lots of the action was shot inside the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and down at Yirrkala Creek just across the road. Yolngu Land 

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Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, NT

Posted on November 4, 2007 by

We arrived at the Gove Airport in the wake of a sudden downpour that left the runways and the red earth puddled and the air feeling like the Wet wasn’t quite gone yet. On the way to the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka … Continue reading →

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A Sorry Business in Wingellina

Posted on February 11, 2007 by

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a new blog being written by Dianna Isgar out of Papulankutja, Remote Life. The latest entry (February 10) offers an insider’s report on the recent meetings held with Desart and members of the various communities in … Continue reading →

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New Art from Yirrkala: Painting the Waters of Gangan

Posted on June 6, 2006 by

Three new exhibitions of art from Yirrkala will be opening soon in Sydney and Darwin and each should prove exciting and interesting in its own way. In Sydney, Annandale Galleries is hosting Young Guns: barks and ceremonial poles by emerging artists from Yirrkala, … Continue reading →

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Patrick Hutchings on Gulumbu Yunupingu

Posted on January 19, 2006 by

This seems to be my week for interesting reviews of exhibitions, having discovered today Patrick Hutching’s essay on Gulumbu Yunupingu’s latest show, at Alcaston Gallery, which appeared in The Age on January 14. Apart from a confusing bit on the middle about Gulumbu’s translation … Continue reading →

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