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Song propelled Morris Stuart from his early life shepherding sheep in British Guyana to an unlikely love story in London. In his retirement, he found himself shaping a choir of Central Australian Aboriginal women, who had been breathing life into 138-year-old Lutheran hymns.Morris Stuart met his Australian wife, Barbara in London in the 1960s.The pair led a youth group attached to a nearby church, and initially tried to ignore their growing feelings for each other.Morris was a young, Guyanese activist who was descended from African slaves, and wasn't ready to face the social reality of marrying across racial lines.Morris and Barb fell in love and married several years before the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? was released, and featured at several screenings in London, where community members could ask them questions as a real life, interracial couple.The couple went on to have four children and moved to Australia, where Morris became a pastor with a community church in Melbourne.In their retirement, Morris and Barbara developed relationships with the Warlpiri community in Central Australia. They arrived in Alice Springs in 2005 and Morris started recruiting for a choir.More Indigenous communities started joining in and Morris formed the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's choir.They performed hymns brought by German Lutheran missionaries to the region in the late 19th Century, which were translated into Pitjantjatjara and Western Arrernte.The choir's biggest achievement is a tour to Germany in 2015 — to perform the hymns that had all but vanished from use in Germany, but have been preserved in the Central Australian desert for 138 years.Follow the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir on Facebook.Watch the documentary about the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir tour to Germany, The Song Keepers. This episode of Conversations touches on heritage, epic life story, origin stories, church, personal stories, childhood and reflection.

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New Show!! Join Josh as he chats with inspirational Australians, who make a real difference in their communities. This podcast is brought to you by the team at Awards Australia, featuring amazing people from the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards and Community Achievement Awards programs. Be inspired by ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things! Josh's special guest is Jordon Humphreys from Alice Springs, an advocate for youth and disability rights in Central Australia. Through legislative lobbying and community leadership, he empowers individuals. Spearheading initiatives like the NT Youth Conference showcases his commitment. Aspiring to join the NT Parliament, he inspires others by proving that overcoming hardships is possible. Jordon uplifts and empowers his community, fostering resilience among Central Australian youth.

Join us as we chat with inspirational Australians, who making a real difference in their communities. This podcast is brought to you by the team at Awards Australia, featuring amazing people we meet through the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards and Community Achievement Awards programs. Be inspired by ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things! Find out more at: www.awardsaustralia.com/podcastJordon Humphreys of Alice Springs advocates for youth and disability rights in Central Australia. Through legislative lobbying and community leadership, he empowers individuals. Spearheading initiatives like the NT Youth Conference showcases his commitment. Aspiring to join the NT Parliament, he inspires others by proving that overcoming hardships is possible. Jordon uplifts and empowers his community, fostering resilience among Central Australian youth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Central Australian community leaders are warning plans to permanently transfer children in custody from Alice Springs to a new Darwin youth prison will further traumatise them and lead to reoffending. 

This is the story of my Personal Pilgrimage and Vision Quest in the Central Australian Desert. For several days and nights I fasted in a small circle, in solitude, on top of sandy red desert dunes. The desert is harsh and my Quest was gruelling. Fierce winds whipped my tarp into a frenzy, the scorching sun was relentless, and the incessant attack of flies was next level. The days were unbearably long, and the nights ticked over slow as slow.   Despite the sleep deprivation and extreme conditions, the desert landscape is punctuated by a beauty beyond words. Rainbow bee-eaters darted between trees. Dawn and dusk brought a radiant palette of pastel colours. Wind gave ancient voice to the needle-like foliage of desert oak. Shooting stars careened across vast night sky. The veil of perception thinned, giving rise to mystical encounters with desert spirits.   You can expect to hear about all of this, including some of the challenges I faced, some of the themes such as grief and worthiness that I was presented with, some of the big questions that I was tussling with and got some clarity on, the importance of mystical encounters with the divine, the various emanations and qualities of the desert, my developing relationship with the wind, some insight and wisdom for high-level creatives, and a whole lot more. Enjoy the ride. Solocast #8: 2024 --- NEWSLETTER: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter AWAKENING THE SEER WITHIN: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/awakening-the-seer UPCOMING EVENTS: https://caiyudakiora.com/upcoming-events VISION QUEST: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest THE PILGRIMAGE: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best medicinal mushroom, tonic herb and adaptogenic blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout.

Central Australian stores are having trouble sourcing enough eggs. Charles Darwin University researchers assessing native rice. 

The Alice Springs youth curfew has come to an end with the town's mayor and the Northern Territory chief minister praising it as a success. The measure was aimed at addressing a recent surge in violent crime in the Central Australian town. However, some First Nations residents and lawyers have criticised the extreme measure calling it a band-aid solution at best. - В Алис-Спрингс закончилось действие комендантского часа для молодых людей. Его ввели в ответ на всплеск насилия в городе три недели назад. Мэр города и главный министр Северной территории назвали его успешным. Однако некоторые жители из числа Коренных народов и юристы раскритиковали такую крайнюю меру, назвав ее в лучшем случае временным решением.

The Alice Springs youth curfew has come to an end with the town's mayor and the Northern Territory chief minister praising it as a success. The measure was aimed at addressing a recent surge in violent crime in the Central Australian town. However, some First Nations residents and lawyers have criticised the extreme measure calling it a band-aid solution at best.

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It's interesting that Australia is poised to vote on giving First Nationsl people a voice to parliament, but for many of us we are not familiar with the voices around us. How many of us know our neighbours or interact regularly with people in our community, stopping for a chat and a shared experience? In this episode, our political pundit, Robert Godden returns to "read the tea leaves" of where Australia is at regarding voter intention for the October 14, 2023, referendum. This segment will either age really well or age really poorly. Then, we hear a number of voices from people who have gathered at the weekly, Friday night, open mic evenings at Carob and Hare in the main street of Kanmantoo. The Carob business owners and curator of these community events, Donna Twycross, takes Steve on a journey through Carob, and then expands on her vision for regular community nights at her venue. We also hear from Stevie Ray Wonder (MC for the Friday night events), Kathryn and Peter Roberts (local residents), and Garry Duncan (artist). The SA Drink Of The Week in this episode is a Gipsie Jack Cabernet from Langhorne Creek. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, our featured artist is another performer from Carob and Hare, Rod Mitchell, who is one half of the collaboation, BW4. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concisepage Running Sheet: The Voice And The Voices: From The Referendum To Community Friday Nights At Kanmantoo 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:04:41 SA Drink Of The Week 2019 Gipsie Jack Cabernet. This wine is the "house red" at Carob and Hare and is an intriguing drop, over-delivering on value with every sip. 00:08:54 Robert Godden and The Voice Referendum Our political commentator, Robert Godden, joins Steve to read the tea leaves of where Australia is at as it approaches the October 14, 2023, referendum on The Voice. 00:39:44 Donna Twycross, Carob and Hare, and the people and performers of Kanmantoo Every Friday night from 5.30-ish until 9-ish, locals and visitor amble in to Carob and Hare on the main street of Kanmantoo, to eat simple food, have a drink, and either listen to or perform music (or both), with an environment of inclusive warmth. The mystical and energetic conjurer of this gathering is the owner of Carob and Hare, Donna Twycross. Donna fell in love with carob when she was in her teens because it tasted great (to her) and met her needs of being a healthy addition to her diet. Today, she produces Hare Balls and other treats using locally grown carob, from our friends Michael and Jam Jolley at The Australian Carob Co. in Booborowie, South Australia. As you'll hear in the discussion, carob is a sweet edible pod that comes from the carob tree. It's been cultivated for over 4000 years and if you get good pods, it tastes very good. That wasn't Steve's experience growing up, but Donna helps put that into perspective. Aside from her carob business, Donna explains the rationale for the weekly community gatherings she hosts, as well as special, monthly, Saturday night themed events. She also shares a sneak peek into her new, Sunday afternoon events themed around Alice in Wonderland, should you happen to visit Kanmantoo from mid-October onwards. In this chat we also meet Stevie Ray Wonder (not his real name, but all will be explained), who has fallen into the role of MCing and stage managing the Friday night events. We also meet locals, Kathryn and Peter Roberts. They moved here many years ago and have reflections to share, including some from Peter who has been driving the school bus for a long time, watching kids grow as he gets them from point A to point B. Finally, we chat with artist, Garry Duncan. Garry is another local and a regular and his artwork not only adorns boardrooms around the world, silos around South Australia, and a variety of galleries everywhere, but it hangs in pride of place around Carob and Hare.​ 01:42:01 Musical Pilgrimage Our featured song this episode is Plague Of Monsters by BW4. BW4 is a partnership between Steve Hearne and Rod Mitchell. Rob Performed at Carob and Hare, despite being a long way from his hometown of Andamooka (which is a hefty stone's throw from another source of opals, Coober Pedy, which recently featured on The Adelaide Show). BW4 is named after a redundant microwave tower on the Stuart Highway just south of Pimba because Rod was fascinated by Central Australian deserts and disputed Australian History. That note makes this song more relevant than ever because The Voice debate has seemed to release angels as well as monsters as people reflect on what the referendum is all about.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Program to increase cotton and fodder production in northern Australia. Hear some bush poetry from a Central Australian ringer.

"Every School, Every Child" press release. Central Australian schools to get record funding boost. Budget implications for education. Significant win for temporary teachers seeking permanency in NSW.U.S.- Charter schools' dismal educational outcomes and lack of accountability. UK - Unsuitable housing affecting educational outcomes for low SES students.Great State School of the Week-  Keilor Downs Collegewww.adogs.info

Alice Springs has once again become the focus of national attention, with claims child sexual assault is going unaddressed in the Central Australian town. 

Alice Springs has once again become the focus of national attention, with claims child sexual assault is going unaddressed in the Central Australian town. 

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Liberal Senator Jacinta Price believes the reinstatement of alcohol bans in Central Australian communities has come far too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How the true history of Central Australian can be traced in this tiny pastoral station

Environmental impact statement released for Sun Cable's $30 billion solar energy project. Central Australian cattle season off to a busy start.

The resilient Central Australian was famous and became well known in the 1950s film, Jedda, before becoming an outspoken and passionate advocate for her people.

What should happen to the old pine plantations around Darwin? What's causing fish kills in some Central Australian watering holes?

The COVID-19 outbreak linked to a Central Australian mine has grown to 10, with two new cases diagnosed in the Northern Territory overnight. On top of coordinating the domestic outbreak, the centre for national resilience in the Northern Territory has commenced testing of the 700 miners currently locked down the Tanami site.

Interpretation of Dreams, by  Rod Moss   Craig San Roque, community  psychologist and psychotherapist has, for the past 30 years lived in Central Australia  working within indigenous Australian circumstances. He has written many careful accounts of the existential realities of intercultural  collaborations and tensions.  Trained in London, with the Society for Analytical Psychology, he cautiously adapts and applies psychoanalytic insights to help negotiate the rough environment of Aboriginal/white Australian relations. Mourning Melancholia and The Echo Effect - on  aspects of  unconscious transference within black/white relations -  is distilled from experience in a project co-developed with indigenous friends who are part of the  Central Australian  NPY Women's Council,  Uti Kulintjaku/Clear Thinking project, initiated by traditional healers (Ngangkari).   The Passion, by  Rod Moss References to the Uti Kulintjaku projects, including evaluations by Samantha Togni  may be found through the NPY Women's Council website - npywc.org.au - see  section on Ngangkari-traditional healers and Uti Kulintjaku project. NPY Women's Council is an Anangu led organisation that delivers heath, social and cultural services in the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) region of Central Australia. Link to the paper https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vCDPRxFRbe11hJh-N8pQzhE0fV7p-2tI/view?usp=sharing    

Australian states are closing down to one another, and two are in lockdown, as the highly infectious delta variant spreads 'like wildfire'. On Friday night, a worker at a Central Australian gold mine tested positive, potentially exposing more than 1600 other workers. Unfortunately, 900 fly-in, fly-out workers had flown out before they knew about the case. One such colleague flew home to Darwin, where he's tested positive. Fourteen other people who worked in the same mine, and also flew to Darwin, are now uncontactable. As a result, Greater Darwin in the Northern Territory announced a snap, two-day lockdown yesterday, assuming the worst while authorities urgently try track down the mine workers. Meanwhile, New South Wales has 12 days to go on its lockdown. The Bondi Cluster stands at 110 cases and is expected to keep rising. There are also three cases in Queensland and one in Western Australia. ABC's Sydney correspondent Alison Xiao spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Australian states are closing down to one another, and two are in lockdown, as the highly infectious delta variant spreads 'like wildfire'. On Friday night, a worker at a Central Australian gold mine tested positive, potentially exposing more than 1600 other workers. Unfortunately, 900 fly-in, fly-out workers had flown out before they knew about the case. One such colleague flew home to Darwin, where he's tested positive. Fourteen other people who worked in the same mine, and also flew to Darwin, are now uncontactable. As a result, Greater Darwin in the Northern Territory announced a snap, two-day lockdown yesterday, assuming the worst while authorities urgently try track down the mine workers. Meanwhile, New South Wales has 12 days to go on its lockdown. The Bondi Cluster stands at 110 cases and is expected to keep rising. There are also three cases in Queensland and one in Western Australia. ABC's Sydney correspondent Alison Xiao spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Mango industry throws support behind Bladin Point proposal. $85 million Central Australian gas deal.

The Daly River is expected to peak tomorrow afternoon. Vale Peter Severin, a Central Australian pioneer.

The Daly River is expected to peak tomorrow afternoon. Vale Peter Severin, a Central Australian pioneer.

Warren Brown with the story of the fever sparked by claims of a gold reef in the Central Australian desert during the Great Depression (R)

Warren Brown with the story of the fever sparked by claims of a gold reef in the Central Australian desert during the Great Depression (R)

This poem - inspired by her travels through the Central Australian deserts - is called Brereton and Oxford.

Successful eggplant crop in Katherine won't be picked. Central Australian station kid goes viral.

Cattle stations. The vast nothingness of the Central Australian bush. The past. A potential wrong conviction. Police corruption. This case TRULY has all the trappings of an #EllenEpisode. In 1958, Thyra Bowman, Wendy Bowman, and Thomas Whelan were murdered after they stopped to camp at the deserted Sundown Station just past the South Australia-Northern Territory border. All three victims had been beaten and shot. The police were on the lookout for an American-style vehicle towing a caravan that had been seen in the area on the day of the murders. In Mt Isa, Detective Glen Hallahan zeroed in on the vehicle of one Raymond John Bailey, an itinerant worker who had been seen in the area and who was carrying an unregistered rifle and driving a car that he obtained with questionable measures.Bailey was tried and convicted for the murder of Thyra Bowman, but decades and one very in-depth police corruption inquiry later, questions have risen about whether Bailey actually committed the crime, or whether he was one of the many people who were coerced into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit by the corrupt Queensland police. EPISODE NOTES: Whether you believe that Bailey committed the crimes or not, there are a lot of discrepancies and unanswered questions in the case that may have given pause to a modern jury, particularly a jury that may be a bit more well-versed on the rights of people in police custody. This episode only dipped a toe into the extent of police corruption in Australia, and you can read more about Queensland in particular by searching the ‘Fitzgerald inquiry’ or reading any of Matthew Condon’s excellent books. You can also learn more about police treatment of Indigenous people here https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/11/deaths-inside-how-we-track-indigenous-deaths-in-custody-and-why-we-do-it and here https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/law/aboriginal-police-relationsTo find out more about the Sundown Murders, please put on your reading glasses and head to Trove.nla.gov.au, your premier source for strongly-titled old-timey news articles! Some selected gems: SUNDOWN MYSTERY: ARMED MEN READY https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EtBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yOQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5219,5301003&dq=whelan&hl=enOUTBURST FROM GALLERY AT SUNDOWN TRIAL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91250781?searchTerm=%22raymond%20bailey%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=raymond+bailey+|||dateTo=1958-06-30|||dateFrom=1958-01-01|||sortby=dateAscBAILEY FOUND GUILTY OF SUNDOWN MURDERhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91250953?searchTerm=%22raymond%20bailey%22&searchLimits=notWords|||requestHandler|||anyWords|||exactPhrase=raymond+bailey+|||dateTo=1958-06-30|||dateFrom=1958-01-01|||sortby=dateAscYou can read more about Stephen Bishop and his petition to get Bailey posthumously pardoned here http://www.stevebishop.net/raymond-bailey-petition.htmlIf you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.comwww.thatsnotcanonproductions.com

The waterfowl hunting season kicks off. Central Australian cattle stations welcome slow, soaking rain.

Podcast courtesy of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) View original here: http://caama.com.au/news/2018/dr-k-radford-improving-treatment-for-aboriginal-torres-strait-islanders-with-dementia A recently announced $14 million of funding by the Federal Government is being allocated to research programs to look into the causes and risks of dementia in Aboriginal communities. Dr Kylie Radford from Neuroscience Research Australia is leading one of those teams in a project called ‘Our MOB (Our Mind Our Brain)’ administered through the University of New South Wales. Philippe Perez spoke to Dr Radford to learn more about the aims of the project.

In this Soundescapes podcast presented by Melbourne Recital Centre, we learn about the extraordinary story of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir and the choral tradition that has survived for nearly 150 years. Hosted by Cat McGauran featuring choir master Stuart Morris and director of the documentary film 'The Song Keepers' Naina Sen. To discover more stories behind the music, the musicians and people that make Melbourne Recital Centre the best place to hear, visit soundescapes.melbournerecital.com.au

Adam Kendon’s in-depth analysis of Australian Indigenous sign languages still remains the most broad-reaching to date (Kendon, 1988), even as steps are being taken to build on the foundations he laid (Adone & Maypilama, 2013; Carew & Green, 2015; Green & Wilkins, 2014). Kendon called these sign languages ‘alternate’, as they are not generally the primary mode of communication but rather are used instead of speech in particular cultural circumstances. Kendon’s fieldwork in the late 1970s and the 1980s in Central Australia generated valuable records of sign used in Warlpiri, Kaytetye, Warumungu, Warlmanpa, Jingulu, Mudburra and Anmatyerr speaking communities. The original 16 mm film and VHS video recordings, housed at AIATSIS, comprise more than 50 hours of archival material. The collection includes metadata with various fields, including spoken language, semantic domain, language sign glosses with English translations, and a phonetic transcription in a unique font that Kendon devised especially for the purpose. There is also a time-code that points to locations in the film media. I discuss some of the steps that can be taken to get the most out of this metadata, link it to the media it refers to, and make this unique collection searchable. This is a first step in forming a comparative corpus of Indigenous sign that combines old and new sources. The format and structure of archival deposits and their delivery to users leads to some steps forward…and some backwards. The lessons learnt also have implications for the ways that structure our contemporary archival collections. The presentation will end with some suggestions for further uses of this material and a bid for collaboration. Adone, D., & Maypilama, E. (2013). A Grammar Sketch of Yolŋu Sign Language. Darwin: Charles Darwin University. Carew, M., & Green, J. (2015). Making an online dictionary for Central Australian sign languages. Learning Communities - International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts. Special Issue: Indigenous Sign Languages, 16, 40–55. Green, J., & Wilkins, D. P. (2014). With or Without Speech: Arandic Sign Language from Central Australia. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 34(2), 234–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/07268602.2014.887407 Kendon, A. (1988). Sign languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, semiotic and communicative perspectives. Cambridge University Press.

In this second installment of Thoughts from the Field, Josh takes us to Yuendumu, a remote town of a few hundred people in the middle of the Central Australian desert. Often times, the lab's work in the field is nothing like what they had in mind. What does it mean to go into another culture and ask questions? What are some of the challenges and obstacles in fieldwork? And what are some of the unexpected rewards? Voices: Josh Evans, Ben Reade, Andreas Johnsen, Wendy Baarda, Coral Kelake, and Tess Napaljarri Ross Music: It's Cold and Beautiful by Magical Mistakes Field audio from Andreas Johnsen

A very spooky episode in which we get caught up in a mob, help Ghost Cowboy with his unfinished business and chat to Boyfriend-Bot. - We list the best reasons to become a ghost. - We get caught up in a mob and send our kids to Mars. - We ponder the definition of ‘unfinished business’. - Vicki regales us with the tale of Ghost Cowboy. - We escape our wives by digging a tunnel to the pub. - Ben has an addendum the Central Australian tent story. - We compare Furby’s to Sea Monkeys and chat to Boyfriend-bot. - Ben recommends Vicki try the new Cuddlr app. - Ben is getting fed up with people keeping low-level secrets but acting like they’re holding onto nuclear launch codes.

A very spooky episode in which we get caught up in a mob, help Ghost Cowboy with his unfinished business and chat to Boyfriend-Bot. - We list the best reasons to become a ghost. - We get caught up in a mob and send our kids to Mars. - We ponder the definition of ‘unfinished business’. - Vicki regales us with the tale of Ghost Cowboy. - We escape our wives by digging a tunnel to the pub. - Ben has an addendum the Central Australian tent story. - We compare Furby’s to Sea Monkeys and chat to Boyfriend-bot. - Ben recommends Vicki try the new Cuddlr app. - Ben is getting fed up with people keeping low-level secrets but acting like they’re holding onto nuclear launch codes.

We leaned over in our seats and straining down, our foreheads pressed against the glass windows, found our own land and heard its voice alone. Cynthia Nolan 19621 Between 1947 and 1950 Sidney Nolan spent months travelling through remote areas of Australia. Using money he had made from a successful exhibition of Queensland Outback paintings held at the David Jones Gallery in Sydney in March 1949, Nolan, accompanied by his wife Cynthia and stepdaughter Jinx, travelled through Central Australia, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. This trip, from June to September 1949, inspired a body of work, including a series of paintings that depict inland Australia from an aerial perspective. Inland Australiais an extraordinary image of the heart of the continent, possibly of the Durack Range. The undulating shapes and intense colour of the red earth evoke an ‘otherworldly’ sensation – a feeling of the land’s inherent grandeur, timelessness and mystery. Nolan painted the work quickly, with the composition board lying flat on a table. Using sweeping brushstrokes he has pushed the paint around the surface of the work. In some areas the paint has been wiped back, exposing the white undercoat of the composition board. Nolan won the inaugural Dunlop Australian Art prize of £250 for Inland Australia.2 He described the work as ‘a composite impression of the country from the air’.3 Using photographs he took from the plane as a visual aid, Inland Australia is an example of Nolan’s technique of fusing elements from existing locations with a landscape remembered from experience. 1 Cynthia Nolan, Outback, London: Shenval Press, 1962, p. 206. 2 Arnold Shore, ‘Dunlop prize won by Sidney Nolan’, The Argus, Tuesday 6 June 1950, p. 7. 3 ‘Sydney artist wins big prize with landscape’, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 6 June 1950, p. 1.