Miscellaneous links related to David Gulpilil and Australia
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A site featuring David Gulpilil's wife, Robyn
Djunginy, a
traditional artist and craftswoman. |
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Site devoted to appropriate cultural exchange, featuring
ways of respecting Aboriginal cultural forms. (This site takes a long
time to load but it contains a wealth of information if you are patient.) |
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A gorgeous site featuring Aboriginal art, history, music and
culture in Alice Springs. |
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Aboriginal art center and
gallery in Sydney, NSW. |
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A comprehensive
site offering information about the major population centers, language
groups and cultures of North East Arnhem Land, Gulpilil's native region in
Australia's Northern Territory. This site is specifically about the
regional origins of indigenous art. |
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Learn more about
the languages spoken in the region where Gulpilil comes from. (Warning --
this site takes forever to load! It may be worthwhile, however, if
indigenous Australian languages interest you.)x |
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An article by Neville Bonner,
first indigenous member of parliament, explaining why he favored
constitutional monarchy.
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Yothu Yindi a world
famous Aboriginal rock band from Australia's Northern Territory whose indigenous
members combine traditional and contemporary forms of music designed to
educate interested outsiders about their lives and culture.
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Review of Rough Guide to
Australian Folk Music featuring Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter. |
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Information about Australia's
"National Sorry Day" -- an attempt by groups and individuals to
acknowledge and apologize to indigenous people for the government's
forcible removal of ethnically-mixed children from their families,
notwithstanding the government's failure to admit that this policy
was wrong. |
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Visit the Ramingining Resource
Center in Gulpilil's home town. |
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Read about how a group of
Australian indigenous elders traveled to the U.S. to protest the making of
a film based on the novel "Mutant Message Downunder," which they
say is racist and desecrates their sacred beliefs. |
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A good comprehensive link to
topics in Australian indigenous studies, featuring teaching resources. |
