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...Barbara Sturt, of the Jaru, sits beneath a tree in the yard of Halls Creek's Yarliyil Arts Centre and points to her dazzlingly bright canvas. "Here are the Rainbow Snakes," she says shyly, tying her tale to a myth that features in almost all Aboriginal cosmology. "They go in here, and everywhere they come up they make a creek or billabong." The snakes are believed responsible for much of Australia's topography, moving under the ground, carving waterways, coiled and sleeping under hills and mountains...
...find it allowed Sturt's nomadic ancestors to flourish for tens of thousands of years in an environment so hostile it might have been some divine practical joke. While her painting is not a map in any conventional sense, Geoff Vivian, community development officer for the shire of Halls Creek, speculates as to its provenance. "I think scientists will one day find," he says, that there's "sophisticated hydrographic knowledge" embedded in Aboriginal myth. Maggie Long, another Jaru painter, has popped into the arts center to chat to manager Meg Norling and catch up with other artists. As grinning barefoot...
...roadhouse oasis in the remote Northern Territory Wet and Wondrous Rafting the wild reaches of the Franklin River The Gospel Run Taking the church to the people of the Outback Press Gang Getting the nation's news out at the Australian Super Bowl Inside the myth-filled Wolfe Creek meteorite crater Unseen Gladiators Keeping the Melbourne Cricket Ground alive Hands Off Protecting prehistoric art in a Tasmanian cave Metal Asylum Sculpture goes walkabout in the West Australian desert...
...worked with the Tar Creek community since he was first contacted by Jim in 1996, said his research should be globally applicable because there are over 2,000 Superfund sites in the United States, many of which contain toxic mixed metals. He said there are many similar locations worldwide...
...projects are geared towards specifically understanding Tar Creek, but the ramifications of our research are extremely broad,” Hu said. “We can gain a fundamental understanding of how mixtures operate...