Aboriginal Art- Painting
The renaissance of modern day Aboriginal art started at the Central Desert Community of Papunya 230 kilometers from Alice Springs in 1971 with the arrival of Geoffrey Bardon.

In 1960 Papunya was established under the Federal Government assimilation policy, most of its 600 or so population were Pintupi from the Central Desert but also included a number of groups from Arrernte, Anmatyerie, Luritja and South Warlpiri.

Papunya is situated at a site of the Honey Ant Ancestor (see picture 4) and all of the tribes would have ritual connections with the Honey Ant Dreaming.

It was a harsh time for Aboriginal people , the transition of a semi-nomadic life to that of a sedentary one resulted in the lack of rights for the people and the loss of power in determining their own future and aspirations to the outside world.

Bardon arrived to teach the children of Papunya in 1971, an art teacher he began to encourage the school yardmen and elders to join in......

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