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...only thing that distinguishes Grahame Walsh's home from any other in suburban Brisbane is the eerie silhouette overlooking his letterbox. It depicts a wanjina - a mysterious ancient figure painted on cave walls in Australia's remote northwest. But the figure merely hints at what lies inside the two-story brick house: hundreds of thousands of images of some of the country's most extraordinary pieces of rock art, including the famous Bradshaw paintings, many of them unseen by non-Aborigines until Walsh trekked through hostile, lonely terrain to photograph them...
...work in recording and interpreting the fragile art, Walsh received a doctorate of letters last year from the University of Melbourne. But his conclusion that some of the paintings found in the Kimberley region are too sophisticated to have been painted by Aborigines has angered many. Walsh shrugs off allegations of racism, claiming his work will be better appreciated in more reasonable times: "I see myself as working for people who haven't been born yet,'' says the nuggetty 60-year...
...Another passion of Walsh's has stirred deeper animosity. Time has learned that Walsh has in the past collected ancient Aboriginal bark coffins, complete with the bones they protected. In the 1970s he bought a demountable shed for the backyard of his outback station in western Queensland to store his collection of the rare cylinders, which he calls "assemblages." He installed climate control and a radar alarm system, and placed the bark coffins in airtight boxes to stop death beetles from attacking his skeletal charges. Walsh claims that he rejected a $A1 million offer from an overseas collector...
Junior pitcher Frank Herrmann, who pitched five innings of one-hit ball in a 3-2 victory on Sunday, said he was unworried, hinting that Farkes’ absence was only “precautionary.” Coach Joe Walsh could not be reached for comment...
...Back in Hong Kong, Bryan Walsh looked at a business story of another kind?the way in which the city's film industry intends to reinvent itself. If you plan to visit Hong Kong for the International Film Festival this month, read Walsh's story first. We hope that you'll find that it sheds new light on a familiar scene?which is one of the things that those of us who work for TIME aim to do every week...