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Goldfields Aboriginal Art Trail Papulankutja Artists Tjarlirli Art - Tjukurla Tjukayirla Roadhouse T: +61 8 8956 7777 T: +61 8 8956 7586 T: (08) 9037 1108 The Goldfields region is the largest region in . It is home E: [email protected] [email protected] E: [email protected] to twelve Aboriginal language groups with many people living in the 14 E: W: www.tjarlirliart.com remote Aboriginal communities. Most of the communities participate in a W: www.papulankutja.com.au W: www.tjukayirlaroadhouse.com.au : @tjarlirliart thriving arts industries with artists and craftspeople producing paintings, Location: , 305 km east of Laverton and 264 km west of Warburton. : @papulankutjaart : @tjarlirliart wooden artefacts, grass baskets and jewellery. The arts industry enables GPS coordinates 27 09 16S 124 34 27E Blackstone (Papulankutja), Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia Aboriginal artists and craftspeople to maintain a strong connection to Location: Location: Tjukurla Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Services/Facilities: Fuel, accommodation, full Roadhouse take-away menu, camping Entry permit to Ngaanyatjarra Lands required. culture, share culture with the wider community, and to create an income. Entry permit to Ngaanyatjarra Lands required Art centre open by appointment. ground, 24 hour power, self-service tyre change equipment and air compressor (no Opening hours Languages: Ngaanyatjarra, Pintupi. gauge), well stocked store offering basic food and personal items, merchandise, and Most of the communities have an arts centre located in the community Art Centre and gallery open 9.00am – 4.00pm Mon-Thursday, Weekends by Themes: Ngurra (Country), Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters), Karlaya (Emu Dreaming), ethically sourced local Ngaanyatjarra Aboriginal paintings. where art works can be viewed and opportunity to meet the artists. Some appointment Tjarlirli Rockhole. Opening hours communities have a gallery at the local roadhouse where travellers to the Languages: Ngaanyatjarra Kaltukatjara Art Centre - Docker River Monday to Friday - 8:00am to 5:00pm (WST) region can easily view the works. Saturday and Sunday - 9:00am to 3:00pm (WST) Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters story), Wati Kutjarra (Two Goanna Men story Themes: P: (08) 8955 8396 Public Holidays - 9:00am to 12:00 noon (WST)* This brochure provides information on the Aboriginal art centres in the for Papulankutja), Tjitji Kutjarra (Two Boys story for Mantamaru) Goldfields region, their locations, contact details and opening hours. The E: [email protected] *Please note that all roadhouses across the Great Central Road are closed in the evenings. brochure is an excellent tool to use to plan an Aboriginal arts trail holiday. Instagram: @papulankutjaartists Location: Docker River Community, Travellers are advised to check the opening hours of each roadhouse prior to travel, Entry permit to Ngaanyatjarra Lands required When planning an arts trail trip, you can enter the trail at either Kalgoorlie, Papulankutja Artists is an Aboriginal directed, community-based enterprise supporting especially if travelling on a public holiday. Art centre open by appointment Wiluna or from the NT via the Central Highway from . A trip from Yarnangu artists in Blackstone and Mantamaru (Jameson). Since the 1980’s painting Kalgoorlie through Laverton and along the Central Highway through to in Blackstone had been encouraged by the Women’s Centre, however with the need Languages: Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra Uluru will take you through most art centres and is an experience never to protect the artists’ entitlements Papulankutja Artists was founded in 2003 and Themes: Kungka Kutjarra, Kungkarangkalpa (seven sisters), Tingarri Tjukurpa to forget. incorporated the following year. It wasn’t until 2009 that Papulankutja Artists moved out of the community hall into a purpose built art centre and gallery. is a 100% artist-owned Aboriginal Art Centre representing Many of the communities are located in the Ngaanyatjarraku Shire region Tjarlirli and Kaltukatjara Art the artists of Tjukurla in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of Western Australia, and the artists which requires a permit for entry. All roads in the Shire are well maintained Artists painting at Papulankutja Artists. Image courtesy of the artists and Papulankutja Artists. of Kaltukatjara (Docker River) on the Pitjantjatjara Lands of the Northern Territory. dirt roads. Obtain a permit and ensure you have a reliable vehicle, plenty Artists from both centres produce artwork which has strong links with the Papunya Tula of water, spare fuel and have advised someone of your plans. Also get in movement, as families left Kintore and Kiwirrkurra to return to their homelands in the mid touch with the art centres you’d like to visit to ensure they are open and to

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Tjukurba Art Gallery & Birriliburu Artists Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery Kaltukatjara Art Centre T: +61 8 9981 8000 T: +61 08 9031 1395 Newman - Docker River E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.tjukurbagallery.com.au : @lavertonllcca Location: Canning-Gunbarrel Discovery Centre, 28 Scotia Street, Wiluna WA 6646 Opening hours: Tjarlirli Art - Tjukurla WESTERN Gibson Desert Docker Opening hours: The Gallery is open Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm, and other times by appointment. AUSTRALIA River 9.00am – 4.30pm, Monday-Friday Entry permit required: No Warakurna (closed public holidays and weekends) Themes: Many of the artists depict their homelands, activities such as collecting bush Warakurna Artists Yurliya Gallery Entry permit required: No food or Tjukurpa (dreamtime stories). Major stories in this region include Wadi Guthada Wanarn (the two men who travelled through the land during creation),Carnarvon and the Seven Sisters Languages: Martu Wangka Tjukayirla Roadhouse songline which tells of the journey of seven young sisters who made their way into the Blackstone TERRITORY Themes: Country, Bush foods - lunki (witchetty grub) Gunkula (bush bananas) Gungili Wilurarra Creative NORTHERN (bush tomatoes), kangaroo and quandongs, Echidna Dreaming. sky to form the star cluster known as Pleiades in the constellation of Taurus. Warburton Wingellina Tjukurba is translated from Martu to mean ‘Dreaming’. The gallery provides local artists Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery is a co-operative not-for-profit organisation established Meekatharra in 2002 to display, promote and sell authentic Aboriginal art and crafts on behalf of with the space to dream and embrace creativity. Tjukurba Art Gallery & Birriliburu Artists Minyma Kutjara local artists, from art centres and artists of the North Eastern Goldfields extending into The Tjukurba Gallery workshop space provides artists with professional quality materials, Wiluna Arts Project and support from gallery staff to develop professionally through the sales and promotion the Western Desert region. Papulankutja of their work. The gallery ensures that its artists receive a majority percentage of sale Artists profits. Paintings are all locally produced by Birriliburu artists, custodians of the country C Gable, Watersnake. Image courtesy of the artist and Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery we operate on, and the clan of Martu people specific to this region. Cosmo-Newberry Artists draw inspiration from the stunning landscapes of the region stretching along the Ilkurlka Roadhouse and Gunbarrel Highway, as well as drawing on personal experience and Gallery and memory of places and country like the clay pans, rock holes such as North Pool and Laverton Bowanoo, as well as the local bush foods and wildflowers. WELD DRIVE Geraldton Leonora Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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Wilurarra Creative Ilkurlka Roadhouse and Gallery Major Roads / Highways T: +61 8 8954 0125 T: +61 8 9037 1147 Towns / Communities E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Esperance Roadhouse / Fuel W: www.wilurarra.com.au W: www.ilkurlka.org.au , Ilkurlka Community Goldfields : @wilurarra Location: Aboriginal Language Centre (550km west of Laverton) : @wilurarracreative Location: Warburton Community No entry permit required Ilkurlka Roadhouse/Visitor Centre was built in 2003 as an initiative of the Spinifex Ngaanyatjarra Lands entry permit required Image: Rene Nelson standing on Country with her freshly cut wana (digging stick). People. It provides a valuable service to travellers on the Anne Beadell Highway and also Language: Ngaanyatjarra to the communities to the north and south during times of Aboriginal business and travel. Wilurarra Creative is based at in Western Australia, on the Great Central Highway. Ilkurlka is proudly owned and operated by the Spinifex people. It is in an area of deep 1000km from Uluru, 1100km from Kalgoorlie on unsealed dirt roads. cultural significance and the people around Ilkurlka and Tjuntjuntjara maintain strong Goldfields Part arts space, part library, part internet café, part hair salon, part music studio, part links to their land and culture. Ilkurlka is in an area of natural desert beauty. Aboriginal Language Centre workshop: All creativity, all community. Wilurarra Creative is bursting at the seams; Ilkurlka is located in a very remote and isolated area and faces many challenges as a facilitating a diverse range of creative programs and provides space for self-directed result. Ilkurlka is solar powered and environmentally sustainable. learning for Ngaanyatjarra people aged 17-30. The structures at Ilkurlka have all been architecturally designed and camp site Wilurarra Creative stages successful projects in the region, including; Warakurna, accommodation is available for visitors. Blackstone, Wanarn, and other local communities. Ilkurlka is an outlet for the internationally acclaimed Spinifex Arts Project. We have on The Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation Visitors are welcome to Wilurrara Creative, but please make an appointment. display and for sale works by internationally acclaimed artists as well as works produced (GALCAC) is a non-government Aboriginal organisation based in by younger artists. Locally crafted artefacts are also available. Kalgoorlie. GALCAC's role is the recording, linguistic analysis and preservation of the 12 Aboriginal languages of the region. Many of the languages are severely endangered and this work is critical to their survival. SERPENTINE LAKES ROAD This brochure was created to support Aboriginal language use, enjoyment and sharing. The art centres provide opportunity for cultural sharing and GREAT CENTRAL ROAD economic enterprise. Your support of Goldfields arts centres and GALCAC TWENTY FIRST STREET FIRST TWENTY encourages language use and continuation. Language is a critical part of FIRST STREET our identity and our place in the world. To lose a language would be like burning down a library; all the information the language contains would be lost forever. BLACKSTONE-WARBURTON ST Thank you for your support of the Goldfields Arts Centres and GALCAC! Come visit GALCAC in Kalgoorlie on your next trip. THIRD STREET 264 Hannan St, Kalgoorlie WA 6430 +61 8 9029 3788 [email protected]

‘This project is an initiative of the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation’