Supported by BP
Organised with the National Museum of Australia
Logistics partner
This exhibition is now closed
Supported by BP
Organised with the National Museum of Australia
Logistics partner
This exhibition is now closed
★★★★★ ‘fabulous’
The Guardian
★★★★ 'a wonderful journey'
The Evening Standard
'riveting'
The Times
This major exhibition explored the remarkable story of one of the world’s oldest continuing cultures.
The show was the first major exhibition in the UK to present a history of Indigenous Australia through objects, celebrating the cultural strength and resilience of both Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. This culture has continued for over 60,000 years in diverse environments which range from lush rainforest and arid landscapes to inland rivers, islands, seas and urban areas today. Hundreds of different Indigenous groups live across this vast continent, each with their own defined areas, languages and traditions.
Image captions:
1. Kunmanara Hogan, Tjaruwa Woods,
Yarangka Thomas, Estelle Hogan,
Ngalpingka Simms and Myrtle Pennington,
Kungkarangkalpa (detail). Acrylic on
canvas, 2013. © the artists, courtesy
Spinifex Arts Project.
2. Mask of turtle shell. Mer, Torres Strait, before 1855.
