Book contents
- Aboriginal Rock Art and the Telling of History
- Aboriginal Rock Art and the Telling of History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Rock Beats Paper
- Chapter 2 Change and Tradition in West Arnhem Land Rock Art
- Chapter 3 The Counter-Archive of First Nations Biography
- Chapter 4 Reading the Writing on the Wall
- Chapter 5 Touchstones for Memory, Bedrocks for History
- Chapter 6 Timelessness and Permanence
- Conclusions
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Afterword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2024
- Aboriginal Rock Art and the Telling of History
- Aboriginal Rock Art and the Telling of History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Rock Beats Paper
- Chapter 2 Change and Tradition in West Arnhem Land Rock Art
- Chapter 3 The Counter-Archive of First Nations Biography
- Chapter 4 Reading the Writing on the Wall
- Chapter 5 Touchstones for Memory, Bedrocks for History
- Chapter 6 Timelessness and Permanence
- Conclusions
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
When the authors contacted me about writing an afterword for this volume, I was immediately excited to use the opportunity to take another glimpse into the rock art world of Australia – an area I am only peripherally involved in nowadays. It has been a while since I spent time in Gunbalanya in western Arnhem Land. With Injalak Hill as a backdrop, and a billabong out the back door, my time there was pleasurable and full of wonderment at the abundance of rock art and the community that nurtured the art and that was, in turn, nurtured by the art. It’s been much too long since I was ‘on Country’ – June 2009 was my last visit ‘up top’ to see Kojan and other friends and mates. To my Jawoyn relatives in Barunga and Beswick I am bangardi.
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- Aboriginal Rock Art and the Telling of History , pp. 155 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024