Desert Dreams

Aboriginal Culture and Arts

  • Uluru Revisited

    A chance phone call from the regional mananger of ABC  Alice Springs Radio 783, Stewart Brash, has stirred my memories of attending the handover of Uluru back to the traditional owners in 1985. Stewart traced me after finding  on the… Continue reading

  • Aboriginal ‘Policy’ and the LCP.

    Tony Abbott likes to portray himself as the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, a claim which sits comfortably alongside the claim that he believes in global warming and has the policy to lower emissions. It’s bullshit, and under Howard and… Continue reading

  • Frog Dreaming

    We camped a few kilometres out from Turkey Creek, (Warmun) during a trip to the Kimberley in 2000. Pure magic. Continue reading

  • The Peramangk

    The Peramangk were the mysterious dwellers of the Mount Lofty Ranges prior to the white occupation of South Australia in 1836. Twenty years after the Mount Barker region was settled, they had all but disappeared. It is difficult to make… Continue reading

  • The Tower

    Warning. This article contains images of Aboriginal people who have passed away. I have long been a ‘worshipper’ of Mount Barker Summit, if that is not too strong a word. Standing aloof and dominant over the surrounding lush countryside, this… Continue reading

  • Shady Grove Dreaming

    I don’t consider myself to be a religious person, but I do have a very strong link with the Shady Grove Unitarian Church, set amongst a bush block off dirt roads near Littlehampton. There are a number of reasons for… Continue reading