Research Catalog

Title

Desert Lake : art, science and stories from Paruku / editors, Steve Morton, Mandy Martin, Kim Mahood and John Carty.

Publication

• Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Morton, Steve, 1951-
• Martin, Mandy, 1952-
• Mahood, Kim
• Carty, John, 1977-
• CSIRO (Australia)

Description

xviii, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits; 24 x 27 cm

Summary

"'Desert Lake' is a book combining artistic, scientific and Indigenous views of a striking region of north-western Australia. Paruku is the place that white people call Lake Gregory. It is Walmajarri land, and its people live on their Country in the communities of Mulan and Billiluna. This is a story of water. When Sturt Creek flows from the north, it creates a massive inland Lake among the sandy deserts. Not only is Paruku of national significance for waterbirds, but it is has also helped uncover the past climatic and human history of Australia. The Walmajarri people of Paruku understand themselves in relation to Country, a coherent whole linking the environment, the people and the Law that governs their lives. These understandings are encompassed by the Waljirri or Dreaming and expressed through the songs, imagery and narratives of enduring traditions. 'Desert Lake' is embedded in this broader vision of Country and provides a rich visual and cross-cultural portrait of an extraordinary part of Australia."--Page 4 of cover.

Alternative Title

Art, science and stories from Paruku

Subjects

• Gregory, Lake (W.A.) > Social conditions
• Ecology > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
• Aboriginal Australians > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)
• Art, Aboriginal Australian > Western Australia > Gregory, Lake (W.A.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Deep time -- Everything comes back to here -- Earth science in traditional lands : bridge or barrier? -- pt. 2. Recent times -- A lake in time : histories of Paruku -- Mulan story -- Water of life -- The living world -- We have come to the shores : an artist's diary -- The shape of the Lake -- Thinking about painting -- pt. 3. The future -- A strong community for the future.

ISBN

• 9780643106284
• 0643106286

LCCN

2011505992

OCLC

• ocn807605846
• 807605846
• SCSB-1696166

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library