Floating life: contemporary Aboriginal fibre art

24 Endnotes 1. Ann E Wells, This Their Dreaming: Legends of the Panels of Aboriginal Art in the Yirrkala Church , University of Queensland Press, 1971, p.112. 2. In 2004, Stephen Treffinger quoted leading Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort in the New York Times , who commented: ‘Weaving represents comfort and happiness. We need that now’. See Stephen Treffinger, ‘Weaving warms hard surfaces’, in Home and Garden , New York Times , 22 April 2004, p.6. 3. Lena Yarinkura in conversation with Christiane Keller at Ankebarrbirri, Central Arnhem Land, NT, in July 2002. See Hetti Perkins and Margie West (eds), One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia [exhibition catalogue], Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007, pp.280–3. 4. James Backhouse, A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies , Hamilton, Adams and Co., London, 1843, p.374. 5. Anni Albers, On Weaving , Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut, 1979, p.19. 6. Elwyn Lynn, ‘Maningrida weavers show their true fibre’, The Australian Weekend Review , 27 August 1994. 7. Elina Spilia, ‘Shark people, Djapu painting and the Miny’tji Buku Larrnggay collection, The Annual Journal of the National Gallery of Victoria , ABV47, 2007, p.13. 8. Philip Jones and Peter Sutton, with special assistance by Kaye Clark, Aboriginal Sculptures of the Lake Eyre Region , South Australian Museum in association with Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1986, pp.102–3, 123–4. 9. Paul Memmott, Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia , University of Queensland Press, 2007, p.206. 10.Stan Florek, ‘FD McCarthy’s string figures from Yirrkala: A museum perspective’, Records of the Australian Museum , supplement 17, 1993, pp.117–24. 11. Dominique Sweeney, ‘The balmarra ofAlan Griffiths’s BaliBali balga’, in Lynne Seear and Julie Ewington (eds), Brought to Light II: Contemporary Australian Art 1966–2006 , Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2007, p.405. 12. Ellen Trevorrow, conversation with the author, 1995. 13. Yvonne Koolmatrie in conversation with Carolyn Sanders in the Riverland in January– February 2004, in One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia , pp.276–8. 14.Marcia Langton, ‘The long view, homeland: Sacred visions and the settler state’, Artlink , vol. 20, no.1, 2000, p.16. Alice Gundaburrburr Dalabon/Dangbon people NT 1925–2007 Kunmadj (Ceremonial basket) 2000 Twined pandanus palm leaf, bustard feathers, bark fibre string, with natural dyes 31 x 16.5cm (diam.) Acc. 2003.108 Purchased 2003. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant