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List view record 681: Title fight : how the Yindjibarndi battled and defeated a mining giantList view anchor tag for record 681: Title fight : how the Yindjibarndi battled and defeated a mining giant
List view record 682: Tiwi : art & artistsList view anchor tag for record 682: Tiwi : art & artists
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Tiwi : art & artists

2020
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Tiwi visual and performative cultural practices have existed for many millennia, but it was only during the twentieth century that a wider public became aware of the magnificence of Tiwi painting and sculpture. This compelling publication celebrates this unique art of the Tiwi people of Melville ...
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Tiwi : art, history, culture

Isaacs, Jennifer, 1946-2012
Books
The dangerous waters separating mainland Australia from Tiwi islands have seen blossoming of an art & culture unique to Tiwi people. Often abstract and geometric, with strong patterns, use of colour, it is basis for shapes of traditional carvings, such as that used in burial ceremonies, more rece...
List view record 684: Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war heroList view anchor tag for record 684: Tongerlongeter : First Nations leader & Tasmanian war hero
List view record 685: Too afraid to cryList view anchor tag for record 685: Too afraid to cry
List view record 686: Took the children awayList view anchor tag for record 686: Took the children away
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Took the children away

Roach, Archie, 1955-2020
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Archie Roach AM's deeply personal song, 'Took the Children Away', from his 1990 debut album, Charcoal Lane, was the first song ever to receive a prestigious Australian Human Rights Award. Its impact was immediate, shining a stark light on Australia's shameful past practices of removing children f...
List view record 687: Toomnangi : indigenous communities and local government : a Victorian studyList view anchor tag for record 687: Toomnangi : indigenous communities and local government : a Victorian study
List view record 688: The town grew up dancing : the life and art of Wenten RubuntjaList view anchor tag for record 688: The town grew up dancing : the life and art of Wenten Rubuntja
List view record 689: Tracker : stories of Tracker TilmouthList view anchor tag for record 689: Tracker : stories of Tracker Tilmouth
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List view record 690: Trauma trails, recreating song lines: the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous AustraliaList view anchor tag for record 690: Trauma trails, recreating song lines: the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous Australia
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