the art of exploration JOIN THE ART GALLERY NSW ONBOARD ORION TO EXPERIENCE AUSTRALIA’S KIMBERLEY COAST 10 NIGHTS the art of exploration 16 August DARWIN, Northern Territory 17 August Com^ 18 August At sea 19 August Wyndham (for Warringarri Art Centre) 20 August Wyndham (for Warmun Art Centre) 21 August King George River 22 August Vansittart Bay 23 August Bigge Island 24 August Raft Point & Montgomery Reef 25 August Nares Point & Crocodile creek 26 August BROOME, Western Australia VIEWING ANCIENT ROCK ART We will be accompanied by: The Art Gallery of NSW will receive a significant WYNDHAM (for Warringarri & Warmun Art Centre) VANSITTART BAY donation from long-standing supporters Orion Jonathan Jones Curator from the Art Gallery of NSW Wyndham is the northernmost town in Western After landing ashore our destination will be an outdoor Expedition Cruises for each guest who books and Australia and, for us, is the staging post for gallery of Bradshaw figures. Named after Joseph Howard Morphy Director of the Research School of mentions the Gallery, and this contribution will be opportunities to discover the art of East Kimberley. Bradshaw, the first European person to record them in Humanities, Australian National University directed to the Gallery’s Aboriginal art acquisition fund. Wyndham itself is surrounded by some of the 1891, the rock images are hard to date. It is believed Frances Morphy Linguistic Anthropologist and Hence, without extra cost to the guests, each one will be most spectacular landforms, rivers and wetlands in they were created at least 17,000 yrs ago with some Research Fellow, Australian National University supporting the Gallery’s Aboriginal collection. the Kimberley. Guests will have the opportunity to theories indicating they could be even older, potentially Chad Creighton A Bardi & Nyull Nyull man fly over the Bungle Bungles as an optional extra. up to over 50,000 years ago when humans first explored from Broome DARWIN, Northern Territory - Embark Wyndham is the launching pad to experience nearby this continent. If this is the case, the images are possibly art centres: Warmun Art Centre and Waringarri Art the oldest known to man. The coastal landscape of the Kimberley is spectacular. Darwin, a modern tropical capital set on a harbour twice Centre in Kununurra. Deep gorges cut into the sandstone ranges and the size of Sydney’s, is one of Australia’s most vibrant spectacular waterfalls cascade into the sea. It is a cities. Much architecture remains from the city’s early BIGGE ISLAND landscape of eternal movement and transforming light. periods and the diversity of museums, galleries, markets KING GEORGE RIVER The island is famous as a site for some amazing rock and restaurants keep visitors entertained. The harbour Zodiacs and tenders will cruise up the stunning art, including ‘first-contact’art spread over many sites. The Kimberley is also one of the world’s great art foreshore area is a great place to discover the city’s sandstone canyon that culminates in the twin drops of The Wandjina figures are distinctive for what appear galleries where Aboriginal people have painted for maritime links and at sunset, savour a taste of Asia’s King George Falls. In addition, enjoy a challenging walk to be haloes around the head of each figure. Painted many thousands of years, leaving a rich, imaginative night markets at Mindil Beach. Darwin offers a multitude to the top of the falls and have the opportunity to enjoy by the Wunambal people, you may also see images of and continuing record of their spiritual identity. There of places to view and buy Indigenous art. This trip has a swim. sailing ships and figures smoking pipes which have been are myriad art styles, from the grace and dynamism of been timed to coincide with the annual Telstra Awards interpreted as representing seafaring European visitors in the Bradshaw figures to the awesome power of the and the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, which are expected the 19th century. Wandjina designs. In the Kimberley art and nature fold to open the week prior to Orion’s departure. into each other. ABORIGINAL ARTWORK The voyage will provide a unique opportunity to access COM^ the range of contemporary Aboriginal art from the On arrival at Com, Orion will clear Customs and region. Wyndham provides the location for specially Immigration, giving you an opportunity to go ashore, hosted visits to the nearby art centres of Warmun and then immediately depart for the next Australian and Waringarri. And at the journey’s end in Broome a port. Art Gallery of NSW experts will give a series of program of events will be offered, bringing together presentations to and from Com. artists and artworks from the surrounding communities. ^These sailings are made up of two separate international sailings and will be ticketed as such. One way pricing to/from Com is also available on request. NARES POINT & CROCODILE CREEK GUEST LECTURERS Just off Koolan Island, this geological finger of sandstone This is an exclusive opportunity to travel with a highly protruding into the ocean provides great opportunities respected panel of expert lecturers on this unique for Zodiac safaris and guided beach walks. The layered voyage tailored to passionate art lovers interested in sandstone shows the evidence of millions of years of travelling with like-minded supporters. buckling and folding from the enormous geological Our expert lecturers will present a full and exciting CREATING ABORIGINAL ART forces. Nearby Crocodile Creek defies its name, with programme of lectures on the art, culture and history several vertical embankments keeping it crocodile of the Kimberley region together with broader views free allowing us to take advantage of the cool of contemporary Aboriginal art. CEREMONIAL DANCE AT WARINGARRI freshwater natural swimming pool to relax and beat MONTGOMERY REEF & RAFT POINT the Kimberley heat. After landing ashore by Zodiac at Raft Point, your HOWARD MORPHY JONATHAN JONES expedition leader will guide you on a climb up to a BROOME, Western Australia - Disembark (FASSA, FAAH, CIHA) Jonathan Jones is a saddle of rock that forms nothing short of a spectacular Director of the Research curator of Aboriginal The charismatic town of Broome has a colourful history outdoor Aboriginal art gallery. The art is an account of School of Humanities at art and the co-ordinator and a unique, cosmopolitan feel, which stems from the mythical Wandjina clan on the ‘Great Fish Chase’. the Australian National of Aboriginal Programs its early pearling days when over 400 luggers plied There are images of the Wandjina spirits with their University and also an for the Aboriginal and the coast. The town is full of contrasts: stroll along distinctive haloes and dugong, crocodiles, fish and honorary curator of the Torres Strait islander art kilometres of pristine white sand and swim in the clear snakes. At Montgomery Reef, the tide drops rapidly Pitt Rivers Museum, department at the Art water of Cable Beach. An exciting program of events will away creating a raging torrent of water which cascadies Oxford and Adjunct Gallery of NSW. He has be offered bringing together artists, art centre managers off the top and makes it appear as if it is slowly rising Curator of the Kluge Ruhe collection at the University worked on a number of exhibitions and programs and artworks from the surrounding communities out of the ocean. of Virginia. Prior to returning to the Australian at the gallery and within communities including including artist workshops talks and opportunities to National University in 1997, Howard held the chair in True Stories: art of the east Kimberley. Jonathan is purchase art from these regions. i Anthropology at University College London. He has a member of the Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi nations written extensively on Australian Aboriginal art with of south-eastern Australia. He is also an artist who Com a monograph on Yolngu Art, Ancestral Connections has had work exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Arafura Sea (Chicago 1991), a general survey Aboriginal Art Canada, India and most recently in the 2012 biennale (Phaidon, 1998) and most recently Becoming Art: of Sydney. TIMOR Exploring Cross-Cultural Categories (Berg, 2007). DARWIN CHAD CREIGHTON FRANCES MORPHY Chad Creighton is a Bardi King George Frances Morphy is a and Nyull Nyull man Falls Northern Vansittart Bay Territory Fellow at the Centre for from Broome, Western Bigge Island Aboriginal Economic Australia. His family’s Wyndham Policy Research at the country is known as Australian National Djoodood which lies Montgomery Reef Kununurra Crocodile Creek & Nares Point Raft Point Bungle Bungles University. As an north of Broome on the anthropologist and Dampier Peninsula. After linguist she has worked completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University AUSTRALIA for many years with the Yolngu-speaking people of Western Australia Chad was employed at the BROOME W estern of north east Arnhem Land. Recently she has been Art Gallery of Western Australia as the Gallery’s first Australia assisting the Aboriginal peoples of eastern Arnhem Curatorial Intern. After three years he was further Land to compile a socio-demographic profile of their employed at the Gallery to Coordinate the 2009 population. Frances will lecture on the languages Western Australian Art Award. As his family grew of Arnhem Land, setting them in the context of the with three young children Chad and his wife made history of the continent’s languages. the decision to move back home to Broome so their children could grow up surrounded by their culture and family. Orion is custom built for voyages of exploration. Her yacht-like intimacy is deceiving as she is large enough to offer all the amenities you would demand of a cruise ship. And, with a professional and experienced crew of 75 taking care of the comfort of just 100 guests, you can be assured the service onboard is unassuming and polished.