Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route

Carty, John; Davenport, Carly; La Fontaine, Monique

Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route

dc.contributor.author	Carty, John
dc.contributor.author	Davenport, Carly
dc.contributor.author	La Fontaine, Monique
dc.coverage.spatial	Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-10T22:28:43Z
dc.date.created	1/01/2012	en_AU
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01
dc.date.updated	2024-03-03T07:17:22Z
dc.description.abstract	History of the Canning Stock Route told by the paintings and stories of Aboriginal people
dc.format.extent	127 works
dc.format.extent	4 months; 127 pieces
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54583
dc.publisher	National Museum of Australia Press
dc.rights	Research background 2010 was the centenary of the Canning Stock Route (CSR). The CSR Project was developed to ensure that the Aboriginal experience and view of that road, and the broader Australian history it ushered into the Western Desert, were documented and displayed. Research Contribution The CSR research project operated across the Western Desert region from 2006-10 and recorded over 200 oral histories in 12 languages, from over 100 Aboriginal contributors, and collected 170 paintings by Aboriginal participants, documenting their own place-based view of history. Hundreds of hours of video footage were recorded and 20000 photos documenting the sites, people and stories of the CSR. Carty also conducted a parallel archival research project that encompassed all of the documented historical evidence (police, govt, station, court and private records). These were cross-referenced with the Aboriginal evidence to produce a cross-cultural perspective on CSR history. Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route was the culmination of that research project. The research also underpinned two major publications: the exhibition catalogue (NMA Press 2010), and Ngurra Kuju Waylja: Stories from the Canning Stock Route (MacMillan 2011). Research Significance The exhibition and publications were favourably reviewed in all major Australian newspapers and art magazines. The 123000 people who visited the exhibition remain a visitation record for the NMA. The exhibition also toured for 2 years, and was hosted at the Australian Museum, Sydney and Queensland Museum. It was selected as the cultural backdrop for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Perth, 2011. Overall, nearly 250000 people visited the exhibition in Australia. Yiwarra Kuju is now a smaller scale virtual exhibition hosted at Australian Embassies and High Commissions around the world. The physical exhibition is being redeveloped so that the research will become a permanent part of the NMA’s First Australians Galleries.
dc.title	Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route
dc.type	Creative work
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication	Canberra, Australia
local.contributor.affiliation	Carty, John, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliation	Davenport, Carly , FORM
local.contributor.affiliation	La Fontaine, Monique, no formal affiliation
local.contributor.authoremail	u3934635@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruid	Carty, John, u3934635
local.description.embargo	2037-12-31
local.description.notes	Imported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor	190502 - Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting)
local.identifier.absfor	210301 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History
local.identifier.absfor	200201 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies
local.identifier.absseo	950503 - Understanding Australia's Past
local.identifier.absseo	950104 - The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)
local.identifier.absseo	950302 - Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage
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local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy	u3025350
local.type.status	Published Version