The Great Outdoors

Experiences of the wilderness are generally associated with very clear of timelines of holidays (allocated and partitioned time for the experience) and physical boundaries of protection (campervans, tents and equipment) then we return to our normal lifestyles supported by complex systems and infrastructures. What is it like to live in the natural environment permanently? Margaret Scobie an her family to build a traditional shelter as a way of exploring this idea.

Mick Walters Photographer | David Nixon Aerial photographer | Margaret Scobie, Jacinta Hayes & Wayne Scrutton Cultural consultants & Humpy construction | Permissions: Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation; Crown Land Estate; Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics; Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority

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Seed Dispersal
Our civilizations are merging. The seeds from the lands of our heritage are being blown by the wind along the roads that we travel as we find new homelands. Our cultures are not static. They are constantly adapting to new environments and circumstances, merging like seeds and plants to form new environments and new cultures. Seeds and grains are the little parcels of embryonic food potential that have allowed civilisations to move across vast distances and thrive in remote and harsh terrain like Aentral Australia. Humans have played a big role in transporting and dispersing seeds from their geographic origins. Patterns of seed dispersal reflect the intersection of cultures and their relationship to the natural world.

Crowned Land

 "Crowned Land" represents the imposition of terra nullius by the British Crown following settlement; a principle that dissected and transgressed pre-existing pathways and cultural boundaries, trade routes and song lines and declared Aboriginal people trespassers on their own country.

As you view this work, feel your feet sink into the sand and yourself into this rich, cultural landscape that cradles its own jewels and sacred stories.

Franca Barraclough Design | Al Bethune, Darryl Hayes, John Wallace & Dan Murphy Sculpture Collaborators | Mick Walters Photographer | David Nixon Film, Editor, Gaffer & Production Stills and everything in-between | Materials include original Alice Springs 19th century fence posts and barbed wire  | Located in a sacred site adjacent to sand quarry outside Alice Springs | AAPA Permit, Central Land Council Consultancy, TO permission

Hunter’s Roundabout

Is traditional cultural life for Aboriginal people living in Mparntwe/Alice Springs being incrementally hemmed in by Western cultural frameworks, that seem to just go around in circles?

Mick Walters Photographer | Sabian McLaughlin-Liddle Model | Michael Liddle Cultural consultant | David Nixon Location Scout, Production Stills, Videographer, Editor, (my everything man) | Stuart Liddell & Dallin Tahere Additional Production Stills

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