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Walyja: family and art history in the Canning Stock Route Collection
John Carty, The Australian National University
22 September 2010
The Canning Stock Route, combined with the concept of Walyja (family), acts as a prism through which it is possible to trace both the human and the subsequent artistic movements that characterised the far Western Desert region in the 20th century.
The future of museum multimedia
Carol Cartwright, Nicole Ma, Michael Hill and Tikka Wilson
26 August 2010
This forum, sponsored by Museums Australia ACT branch, outlines the multimedia used in the National Museum of Australia’s Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route exhibition as part of a broader discussion on the future of museum multimedia.
The Chinese in Bendigo
Anne-Marie Conde, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Landmarks series, 9 June 2010
Curator Anne-Marie Conde shares her work developing an exhibit on Bendigo as part of the gold module for the Landmarks: People and Places across Australia gallery, covering in particular the development of the Chinese community from the 1850s.
Missing the revolution! Negotiating disclosure on the Pre-Macassans (Bayini) in North-East Arnhem Land
Dr Ian McIntosh, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, United States
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Ian McIntosh examines how Yolngu people negotiated disclosure and concealment in relation to Bayini bark paintings. What did they tell Charles Mountford about it and why? What did they tell other anthropologists and how is that issue significant?
Forget the barks! Bring on the string figures! The String Figures of Yirrkala: Activating a legacy
Robyn McKenzie, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Robyn McKenzie examines Fred McCarthy’s celebrated collection of Yirrkala string figures as artefacts of cross-cultural exchange, looking at problems of definition, description, interpretation and analysis.
Closing remarks
Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Closing remarks from the Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium.
The forgotten collection: Baskets reveal histories
Dr Louise Hamby, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 19 November 2009
Louise Hamby examines the dispersed collection of fibre objects collected by the 1948 Expedition – the objects and the process and politics of their collection.
Making a sea change: Rock art, archaeology and the enduring legacy of McCarthy’s research on Groote Eylandt
Dr Anne Clarke, University of Sydney and Ursula Frederick, Australian National University
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 18 November 2009
Dr Anne Clarke and Ms Ursula Frederick revisit Frederick McCarthy’s research in relation to their own more recent analyses of rock art sites on Groote Eylandt, using sites that were not recorded in 1948, and focusing on cross-cultural interaction.
‘Bastard barks’: A gift from the 1948 Arnhem Land expedition
Adjunct Professor Margo Neale, National Museum of Australia
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Margo Neale explores Charles Mountford’s collection of works on paper, locating them as a useful starting point for reassessing Mountford’s reputation as a collector of Aboriginal art and stories.
Inside Mountford’s tent: paint, politics and paperwork
Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium, 17 November 2009
Charles Mountford lacked formal credentials as an anthropologist or scientist, yet he led the largest and most complex scientific expedition to remote Australia. Dr Philip Jones explores Mountford’s contribution and the controversy around his leadership.
