Accessibility Tools

  • Content scaling 100%
  • Font size 100%
  • Line height 100%
  • Letter spacing 100%

Desert Country by Nici Cumpston with Barry Patton & Yiwarra Kuju by National Museum of Australia

by
November 2010, no. 326

Desert Country by Nici Cumpston with Barry Patton

Art Gallery of South Australia, $80 hb, 216 pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route by National Museum of Australia

National Museum of Australia Press, $59 pb 255 pp

Desert Country by Nici Cumpston with Barry Patton & Yiwarra Kuju by National Museum of Australia

by
November 2010, no. 326

During the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) held this August in far north Queensland, the city was buzzing with the visit of many of the country’s leading contributors to contemporary indigenous arts and culture. I ran into some of the most significant visual, performing and literary indigenous artists and arts professionals, many with hereditary links to the region, such as internationally renowned artists Vernon Ah Kee, Ken Thaiday Sr, and Daniel Boyd, and leading arts advocates, mingling with emerging artistic practitioners.

Brenda L. Croft reviews 'Desert Country' by Nici Cumpston with Barry Patton and 'Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route' by National Museum of Australia

Desert Country

by Nici Cumpston with Barry Patton

Art Gallery of South Australia, $80 hb, 216 pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route

by National Museum of Australia

National Museum of Australia Press, $59 pb 255 pp

You May Also Like

Leave a comment

If you are an ABR subscriber, you will need to sign in to post a comment.

If you have forgotten your sign in details, or if you receive an error message when trying to submit your comment, please email your comment (and the name of the article to which it relates) to ABR Comments. We will review your comment and, subject to approval, we will post it under your name.

Please note that all comments must be approved by ABR and comply with our Terms & Conditions.