Aboriginal Issues
Mutika # 15 – Meet me at Honeymoon Bore!
The thing about the Territory is distance, a majority of the work I do is in and around Aboriginal communities , and that means a lot of driving. The last big trip was down to Ampilatwatja where the locals walked out of their community in protest against raw sewerage flowing through their yards, substandard... »
Mutika # 12
Revisiting Owen Springs after a hard morning of chasing scrubbers around the sandhills. »
Louies dogs
The dog pictured is one of nearly 100 that Mutitjulu resident Louie James keeps in his compound after taking it upon himself to be guardian and saviour of the towns stray dogs, using his pension to buy in dog food by the pallet load. »
Mutika # 7
Just goes to show that in the Top End it takes a long time for the country to dry out as we found out on the Tompkinson River flood plain near Maningrida as the Djelk Rangers and I were scouring the flood plain for a few buffalo to shoot a full 5 months... »
Mutika # 6
This weeks Mutika is very much background material as Ravi Omberg , then co-ordinator of Tapatjatjaka Arts in Titjikala, goes golden retriever on Henbury Station after renowned artists Johnny Young and David Wallace spotted the bush turkey at what would have been at least 100 meters and brought him down with a head... »
Strong Men…Strong Country!
I’ve been covering the progress of a group of Aboriginal men from across the Territory and Western Australia who have been part of a pilot scheme called the Defence Indigenous Development Program,which focuses on technical skills, English literacy and numeracy, personal development, nutrition, financial management, and military skills. Under the umbrella of NORFORCE these guys... »
The Homelands on “BURN”
I was recently published on David Alan Harvey’s Burn magazine with this on going body of work that is pretty close to my heart »