Summary
Poster was produced by the Healthy Aboriginal Life Team (HALT) in Central Australia. The topics explored include the traditional lives of Aboriginal people, the arrival of white people and the subsequent development of health issues among Aboriginal populations, and the futures of Aboriginal people. The poster features a painting by Walpiri artist and HALT team member Andrew Japaljarri Spencer. In this artwork, Spencer uses traditional iconography of the Western Desert to convey messages related to Aboriginal health.
Physical Description
Colour ink on paper. Title: 'Aboriginal History Yapaku Kuruwarri (Walpiri)'. Features a painting on lower right portion and a brown text panel with black print on left.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Poster
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Date Collected
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Number of Sheets
1
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Number of Pages
1
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Overall Dimensions
500 mm (Width), 697 mm (Height)
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Artist
Andrew J. Spencer
This poster features a painting by Aboriginal artist Andrew Japaljarri Spencer. -
Organisation Named
HALT (Teslo) Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
The Healthy Aboriginal Life team (HALT) was an community-based petrol sniffing prevention program. It was based on reciprocity rather than control, and aimed to work with extended Aboriginal families to help them recover their capacity to resolve problems. -
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Collecting Areas
Ethnohistory, Australian Indigenous Identity and Contemporary Life
Title
Aboriginal History