The concept came after the completion of the large ghostnet sculptures of Dauma & Garom commissioned by the Australian Museum, Sydney. The interest generated during this work naturally progressed to the idea of animating the story. Dauma & Garom is the first animated story …

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Western Desert Verbal Arts Project Collection From 2012 - 2017 Ngaatjatjarra linguist Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis worked with Inge Kral and Jennifer Green to document the endangered verbal arts of the Australian Western Desert. The Western Desert dialects spoken in the …

In 2012-2013 a group of Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaanyatjarra language speakers from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia recorded traditional verbal arts and sand stories. Even in Australian Indigenous communities where traditional spoken languages are still relatively …

Elders from Pormpuraaw tell the story of the White Ibis Sorcerer. As well as re-enacting part of the story, they go in search of one of the sites in this important songline.

This video shows Violet Wadrill Nanaku telling the Ngarlking Karu (Greedy Child) story. It was produced by Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland). For more information, contact Felicity Meakins (f.meakins@uq.edu.au) or Karungkarni Art (karungkarniart@gmail.com).