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Kangaroos and wallabies mingle with humans, or sit facing forward as if playing the piano. Humans wear headdresses in a variety of styles and are frequently seen holding snakes. These are some of the ...

The Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray spent her entire life in the remote Utopia region of Central Australia, and when she started painting in the late 1980s, in her 70s, women in her community ...

The Australian Cultural Fields: National and Transnational Dynamics project discussed in this article was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (DP140101970).