Luritja

Sunshine Reggae play their desert reggae-driven songs in both Luritja and English, whose themes are often about their homeland and country, Dreamtime, staying healthy and keeping off the grog. The fellas like to play music because it's fun, but also to send a message out to …

SpinFx Band started around 1999. Amos was working as the music teacher in the Papunya School. Standley and Amos used to practise music every day. They wrote songs about life in Papunya, outbush, people and land. They recorded their first album ‘Ulumburru’ with CAAMA. It …

YOUNGUBALATJITANYA - RUNNING WATER BAND - WALUNGURRU (KINTORE)

Waltjilpa Pulikutjarraku: Kintore mob

In November 2019 Papunya Tjupi Art Gallery presented their exhibition Tjupi Puli (Honey Ant Mountain). The name Tjupi Puli is an homage to the ancestral dreaming site that rests aside Papunya community sometimes referred to as Warumpi. The showpiece of the exhibition was the old …

Carbiene McDonald was born in Papunya in 1961, son of Snowy McDonald and as a young man, he travelled back to his father’s homelands and inherited his Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). Carbiene lives at Black Water Outstation, just outside of Papunya Community. Having only taken up …

Intimate opening for Carbiene McDonald Tjangala's sold out solo exhibition 'Petermann Ranges' at RAFT Artspace in Alice Springs/Mparntwe.

Artists, Walter Jugadai, Jeffery Zimran, Kelly Dixon and Keturah Zimran and Art Centre Manager Dr. Chrischona Schmidt discuss the important work Ikuntji Artists have been engaged in with their Museum Project. The artists have been visiting national and international museum …

The western desert art movement began in the 1970’s in the Aboriginal community of Papunya, it is here where senior men painted murals on the school walls and the now famous Papunya Boards, this started a truly Australian Art Movement. The recently built men’s painting room …

Titjikala Eagle Story is based on an old Luritja Story, which belongs to Luritja families including Doris Thomas’ and Terazita Turner-Young’s.

Bush Bands Bash 2019: Tjupi Band Tribute-My Angel Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, …

ICTV is excited to announce the launch of ON COUNTRY, the new Slow TV project capturing the longform stories of Traditional Owners travelling across their country. The first episode of ON COUNTRY features the traditional owners of Rainbow Valley telling their stories in a …

Looking for Goannas in Nyirripi

Christmas Greetings from Irene Nangala

The Central Land Council is helping the traditional owners of the Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust, near Elliott in the Northern Territory, to develop their carbon business. The first such Aboriginal enterprise in its region, the engagement will carry out financially …

—OWN THIS PLACE— We are proud people; you can see how we stand with our arms stretched out, not afraid to tell people that this place, Yarrenyty Arltere, is our place. We are the women of this place, making art, making laughing, making strong. That body is painted with …

Bush Bands Bash 2017: Tjupi Band - Radio. Bush Bands Bash is a foot stomping musical celebration under the starry desert sky. Played to an audience of thousands the concert is the biggest annual showcase of Aboriginal desert music in Australia. Presented by MusicNT, the Bush …

This is a story about a drive through the bush. It was created by Milton Ward in the italk training program at Alice Springs Correctional Centre. Spoken in Arrernte. A part of the compilation created for the Alice Springs Desert Festival 2017, produced as part of the italk …

This story was created by Angus Sitzler in the italk training program at Alice Springs Correctional Centre. This story was produced by trainees in the italk studios media production program, May to July 2016: Matthew Stevens Mike Wallace Jason Limerick Idmaran Johnson …

Waru is the first single to be released from Apakatjah's upcoming debut album. Available on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/war... Video made by Eden Mulholland www.fauxitalic.com Through its two band members Apakatjah combines the cultures of Aboriginal Australia …