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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander APRIL 2007 ■ VOL 4 ■ ISSUE 1 ABORIGINAL & nFROMe THE NwATIONAL s TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA Kimberley Girl style comes to Canberra Visiting Nguiu Commissioned dhari Coota’ memorial 2 Message from the Acting Director of the National Museum of Australia 3 Message from the Principal Advisor (Indigenous) MESSAGE FROM THE to the Director, and Senior Curator ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 3 Message from the Aboriginal and OF AUSTRALIA Torres Strait Islander Program Director Photo: George Serras Photo: George 4 Mates 5 The 40th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, by Jay Arthur I am really pleased, in my role as Acting Director of the National Museum of Australia, to be able to make a contribution to 6 Kimberley Girl style comes to Canberra, this issue of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander News. I’d first like by Andy Greenslade and Mikki Goode to acknowledge the Ngambri and Ngunnawal peoples as traditional Contents 8 Garma gets it! Museum-in-a-Case travels custodians of the lands upon which the National Museum is built. to Arnhem Land, by Margo Neale It will certainly be a busy year for the Museum. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum in which the constitution 9 The Tiwi children and the Aboriginal Arts Board Collection, by Nancy Michaelis was changed to allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be included in the census, and the Australian Government to legislate 9 George Nona visits the Museum, by Anna Edmundson for Indigenous people — a significant milestone and a turning point in Australian Indigenous affairs. 10 The Cootamundra Girls’ Home memorials, by Jay Arthur As part of the anniversary of this event the Museum will participate, over the next few months, in the Drawing Together Art Competition, 11 Conserving 70% Urban, by Mark Henderson initiated by the Australian Public Service Commission. The Museum has also developed and produced a display on the 1967 Referendum 12 ATSIP News in the Gallery of First Australians. 14 Collection stories In March 2007, the Museum opened the exhibition 70% Urban. – Dave Sands: Australian and British Empire This exhibition will run until early 2008 and showcases works from Middleweight Boxing Champion, by Nancy Michaelis the Museum’s collection. It explores the history and experiences – Albert Namatjira’s Waterpipe Boomerang, of Indigenous Australians as they engage with the process of by Christine Hansen urbanisation. It demonstrates the power of art in communicating – Harold Blair’s 45 r.p.m. record, by Christine Hansen an often ignored aspect of Indigenous history. 15 Some recent acquisitions, by Ian Coates All this is just the tip of the iceberg. I hope you enjoy reading about some of the other activities and events the Museum is currently working on. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander News Suzy Nethercott-Watson Edition editor: Barbara Paulson Copyeditors: Judy Barker and Julie Simpkin Production manager: Po Sung Design: Giraffe Visual Communication Management Pty Ltd Print: Goanna Print Cover photos Gallery photos (these pages) Open Collections Main: Shulyn Hunter and Emily Left: Shields from all over Australia Jones, past winners of the Kimberley on display in Open Collections, Girl competition, inside the Goolarri: photo: Dean McNicoll The Sounds of Broome studio, Middle: Baskets display illustrates photo: Dragi Markovic diversity of Indigenous knowledge Left: George Nona and dhari and techniques, photo: Dean commissioned by the Museum, McNicoll photo: Dean McNicoll Right: ‘The Link–Up’ and ‘Forget Middle: Lola Edwards and Cec Me Nots’ displays illustrate some Bowden at the Cootamundra Girls’ of the experiences of the Stolen Home memorial, photo: George Generations, photo: Dean McNicoll Serras Email: [email protected] Right: Connell Tipiloura and Produced with assistance from Cyril James Kerinaiua with Nancy the Photography, Publishing Michaelis in Nguiu, photo courtesy and Copyright and Reproduction Nancy Michaelis sections of the National Museum of Australia 2 3 MESSAGE FROM THE MESSAGE FROM PRincipAL ADVISOR THE ABORIGINAL AND (INDIGENOUS) TO TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER THE DIRECTOR, AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR SENIOR CURATOR Photo: Dean McNicoll Serras Photo: George Welcome to the seventh edition of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait I’d like to acknowledge the Ngambri and Ngunnawal Islander magazine. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this peoples, in recognition of their long history in Canberra and that the area, the Ngambri and Ngunnawal peoples, and others who are now Museum is built on their traditional lands, and in continued appreciation part of our Indigenous Canberra community. of the important contribution they make to the Museum’s cultural life. After 12 months of operation, the Indigenous Employment Working There’s a lot happening in this issue of the magazine. The ATSIP team Party has been reconvened by the Director as the Indigenous has been extremely busy. We opened the exhibition 70% Urban in Employment Implementation Group (IEIG), which he now chairs. March and full marks go to Andy, Barbara and Margo for their effort This enables its recommendations to be implemented at the executive and commitment. Jay and Kipley have worked hard and fast on a level. Cultural awareness training for the whole Museum is the first display celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. thing to be put in place, thus going some way towards ensuring a The Museum has acquired some new and interesting objects. The receptive environment for other programs we are committed to. objects themselves are fascinating but just as important are the stories These include Indigenous cadetships, graduate placements, and an that come with them. It’s one of the rewards of working in a museum Indigenous employment coordinator in the Employee Relations and to have the opportunity to consider the number of stories that any People Development section. We are exploring short-term contracts object can tell. Two articles by Christine Hansen provide examples for remote community people to gain experience at the Museum so of this — a boomerang, a finely produced item of material culture, they can contribute to the industry and assist their own communities. becomes a commentary on an historical event and an aid to expanding The Museum is also forming alliances with Indigenous education the biography of Albert Namatjira. A 45 r.p.m. record becomes an iconic units such as the Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Charles Darwin object in telling the story of Harold Blair. Nancy shows how a newspaper University and the Jabal Centre at the ANU. photograph can be used to tell so much more about the life, times and We would like to see Indigenous people working across the Museum challenges of the boxer Dave Sands. to provide Indigenous perspectives in areas as diverse as publishing, I must acknowledge the work of other Museum staff. Any exhibition, marketing, public programs, education, conservation and the more publication or conference is the result of the work of many technical areas as well as the curatorial areas such as society and contributors, from store managers, to conservators, to publishers, nation and the environment and people. to hosts — even accountants. The efforts of these people are often As mentioned briefly in the last issue, the Museum is producing a unseen and unacknowledged but are essential to the successes of series of 18 education books for Rigby on Indigenous art, history and programs and events coordinated by the ATSIP team. culture authored by senior Indigenous education officer Trish Albert. I hope you enjoy the stories in this issue of the GFA magazine. These will roll off the presses later this year. In the area of scholarship, there will be more focus on research into Indigenous histories with the Dr Michael Pickering establishment of our new research centre. More about this next time. Margo Neale Adjunct Professor (History Program, ANU) Upper Gallery of First Australians Lower Gallery of First Australians 2 3 Meet some of our Mates >> Larry Brandy Hi! I live in Canberra and for years have taught both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people about my Wiradjuri culture. I currently work at the Department of Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) as a Leader Support Officer. My role is to assist and support Indigenous people who participate in the Indigenous Community Leadership Program. The stone tools display is one of my favourites in the Gallery of First Australians because it features the work of Roy Barker. Roy makes stone tools in the old way using spinifex resin and kangaroo sinew. Some of the artefacts I use in my storytelling and cultural sharing workshops were made by Roy and I would love to see some of the younger generation — especially Koori kids — learn the old techniques of making and using these tools. About 15 years ago I worked Photo: Barbara Paulson Photo: Barbara with archaeologists for several years learning about artefacts and Aboriginal history. From this experience I became more knowledgeable about my culture and gained confidence in sharing my Larry Brandy cultural knowledge with others. I like the way the GFA educates both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about Indigenous cultures from all over Australia. This gallery demonstrates to me that there is acknowledgement of the value of Indigenous culture and knowledge, and it recognises just how intelligent Aboriginal people were in living in their own environment. >> Soozie Gillies Hello! I’m Palawa mob from the north-west coast of Tasmania. I’ve lived in Canberra for the last 12 years and am currently the General Manager of Ngunnawal Aboriginal Corporation. I first saw the Museum site when they started building it. When it was finished in 2001 I thought ‘What an interesting building’ and I kept saying to myself ‘I really should take a look’. I never thought it would have a great deal of significance to me as an Indigenous person as I always had that perception of museums as places where they keep our ancestors’ remains locked up and studied for research.
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