The world we make
African Buffalo
PETER HYLANDS reflects on our own conduct towards nature and the impact our conduct has on indigenous cultures.
“We spend an awful lot of money on art galleries and concert halls so we can celebrate our own achievements and this is of course quite right and proper, but I think it should be taken into consideration that there might be another Rembrandt born, there might be another Mozart born, but if you exterminate an animal like this, it Read more …
Three journeys
A sad evening in Gunbalanya
The first journey: a state funeral
I had arrived in Darwin the day before.
It is morning now. I open the curtains and look out across Darwin and its harbour. The sun shines brightly, in the morning sky there is the slightest hint that the wet season is on its way.
I do not feel this is the best morning of my life. I leave the room and go down to breakfast. Soon I am in a cab Read more …
Knowledge, painting and country
Some of the best days you will ever spend in your life will be walking country with Aboriginal people in Australia.
The latest of what seems like a lot of trips to Darwin in the last couple of years, relating to various projects we had in the Northern Territory of Australia, was in August of 2010 to coincide with the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA).