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Come and See a Modern Day Indiana Jones - 7 March

Come and See a Modern Day Indiana Jones - 7 March World famous palaeontologist, Dr Paul Sereno, is the man that discovered the worlds largest crocodile fossil, Sarcosuchus, also known as the Supercroc.
Dr Paul Sereno is in the NT doing a documentary for National Geographic about the evolution of crocodiles. He will be conducting a free public lecture at the Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory on Saturday 7th March at 6pm. Click here for more information.

Free Public Seminar - Yalangbara, art of the Djang'Kawu

Yalangbara, art of the Djang'Kawu The seminar follows the book launch of Yalangbara: art of the Djang’kawu published by the Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory via Charles Darwin University Press. The seminar explores themes in the publication by leading academics in the field, along with members of the Marika family who also co-produced the book.

The central theme is the artistic, cultural and political significance of one of the most significant ancestral sites in Arnhem Land. Yalangbara, or Port Bradshaw, in northeast Arnhem Land is the place where the Djang’kawu ancestral beings first arrived, instigating the birth of all the Dhuwa moiety clans and the creation of all aspects of their natural and social worlds. As the centre for human and cultural creation, Yalangbara has immense spiritual significance for all Yolngu (Aboriginal) people in this region, especially for its owners the Marika family of the Rirratjingu clan.

The Marikas have created an impressive body of public paintings, carvings, drawings and prints about their homeland since the 1930s. Their rich visual and narrative traditions will also be discussed in the seminar along with issues of land tenure and the family’s impressive contribution to the area of land rights, copyright and cross-cultural understanding. The seminar is part of the family’s ongoing interest in promoting the Yolngu perspective to a wider audience.

Venue: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Theatrette The Christensen Fund

Date: Friday 13th March 2009
Time: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm

Bookings essential
89998228, 0408889695
Email: franchesca.cubillo@nt.gov.au

Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory gratefully acknowledges the Christensen Fund for its generous support of the research and development of the Yalangbara: art of the Djang’kawu publication and the staging of the seminar.