Sky CountryWith our grandmother we walk all the way to the peak of the mountain. Cold wind blows through our hair. Yah Melaythenner, Peulinghenar, Grandmother calls. Hello Country. Greetings. We hear whispering and we listen with all our ears. An ancient story of creation that describes two Ancestral Beings who came down from the Milky Way to create the Trouwerner (Tasmanian) landscape. Using some traditional language, this extraordinary childrens picture book,

Warlimpirrgna Tjapaltjarri’s untitled work depicts designs associated with the sacred site Wilkinkarra (Lake Mckay)

It sheds light on the global thirst for energy and asks critical questions: How can design contribute to making greater use of renewable energies and to reducing our energy consumption

undulating

intoxicates the senses

AGWA logo on front left

moving beyond the dominance of white men from North America and Western Europe

hunt and gather food for their families

and female bodies—through their work

Imprint: Penguin Classics

The Large Branch Bowl rests on eight arched legs of different widths

In general

twenty-five writers urge us to reconsider the art history that is unique to the Australian continent and to acknowledge its rise to prominence in modern times