In My Mother's Arms

8 Jun 2016

In My Mother’s Arms

This stunning object is from our Anthropology department.

In My Mother's Arms Image copyright WA Museum 

The work is called In My Mother’s Arms and was made by Nyoongar artist Janine McAullay Bott as an homage to her mother. 

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Western Australian Museum

7 Jun 2016

Kimberley Points

These ‘points’ are from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They were traditionally produced from stone but the introduction of glass inspired the creation of wonderfully colourful objects, which quickly became sought after collector items.

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Western Australian Museum

7 Jun 2016

New Museum curator Lucy Harper shares her thoughts about WA's Goldfields

Lucy Harper is a curator with the New Museum Project team. As part of her research into the extraordinary stories from around our State, Lucy traveled to Kalgoorlie and the Goldfields to meet the local residents and survey the landscape.

Here's her account of a unique part of our State.

Goldfields Image copyright WA Museum 

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Tjawina Porter from Tjukurla (WA) 2014. Photo by Claire Freer © Tjanpi Desert Weavers NPY Women’s Council

5 Nov 2015

Contemporary Aboriginal fibre art showcased at the Western Australian Museum – Perth

An exhibition showcasing fibre work that has become a fundamental part of Central and Western Desert culture will be on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth from Saturday 7 November.

Pampa Mara Tjanpi: Tjanpi works by elderly women from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands  features an array of fibre artworks emerging from Tjanpi Desert Weavers, the dynamic social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council.

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Flora Perrella

30 Oct 2015

Making a Box

A short film of assistant curator, Anthropology Xavier Leenders making a box in the Anthropology and Archaeology Department Laboratory. The box was made to store arrows. 

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Western Australian Museum

16 Sep 2015

New Aboriginal art movement showcased at Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder

An exhibition of unique works from an Aboriginal art movement emerging from the Western Desert will open this week at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Warakurna: All the Stories Got into our Minds and Eyes features paintings and sculptures which were produced at Warakurna, a community at the foot of the Rawlinson Ranges in Western Australia, 300 kilometres west of Uluru (Ayers Rock), and will be on display from 19 September 2015.

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Flora Perrella

Acrylic on canvas painting of a Midnight Oil concert in Warakurna

3 Jun 2015

New Aboriginal art movement showcased at Western Australian Museum - Albany

An exhibition of unique works from an Aboriginal art movement emerging from the Western Desert will open this week at the Western Australian Museum – Albany.

Warakurna: All the Stories Got into our Minds and Eyes features paintings and sculptures which were produced at Warakurna, a community at the foot of the Rawlinson Ranges in Western Australia, 300 kilometres west of Uluru (Ayers Rock), and will be on display from 6 June 2015.

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Sharna Craig

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