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Before colonisation, Indigenous Australians had many uses for clay, but making ceramics was not one of them. Later, sporadic attempts were made to introduce them to the art of pottery, but it was not until the early 1960s that there was
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IT'S HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ACCURATELY RESEARCHED ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OTHER ACCOUNTS IN WHICH THE EXACT DATES ARE INCORRECT. HIS IS A HISTORY OF THE ABORIGINAL MEN WOMEN POTTERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL DESERT WHO BEGAN MAKING POTTERY IN THE 1960S AND THEN AGAIN IN THE 1990S - AND BEFORE THAT THERE WAS NO ABORIGINAL TRADITION OF POTTERY MAKING.
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IT IS AMONG MY MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLES, AND PEOPLE LOVE READING IT. M\ IT MEANT A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RESEARCH HISTORY, WHICH IS GREAT AS THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THEIR YOUNGER RELATIVES NOW HAVE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT.
Christine Nicholls
The Australian National University (ANU)
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This page is a summary of: Mission Accomplished: The Hermannsburg Potters, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, January 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14434318.2013.11432646.
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