The Aboriginal people of Australia's Western Desert lived in their homelands for thousands of years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the expansion of the Western Australian mining and pastoral industries led to the surveying of a track along which cattle could be driven from Kimberley stations to markets in the south. This track became known as the 'Canning Stock Route'. In July and August 2007 nearly 70 artists, facilitated by Western Australian cultural organisation FORM, travelled up the stock route on a six-week return to Country. Yiwarra Kuju includes beautiful plates of the complete Canning Stock Route Collection and for the very first time tells the story of the stock route's impact, and the importance of the country around it, by Aboriginal voices and interpreted through Aboriginal eyes.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
National Museum of Australia
ISBN-13
9781876944780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95288569
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
National Museum of Australia
Publication Name
Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
285mm
Item Width
235mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
National Museum of Australia
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
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