Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory Explained

Haasts Bluff, also known as Ikuntji, is an Aboriginal Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, 227km (141miles) west of Alice Springs. At the 2006 census, the community, including outstations, had a population of 207.

History

The Haasts Bluff community takes its name from the nearby outcrop, given this name in 1872 by the explorer Ernest Giles, after the German-born New Zealand geologist, Julius von Haast.[1]

The locality was established as a Lutheran mission in 1946, and is home to Western Arrernte, Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara people.[2]

The term "Finke River Mission" was initially an alternative name for the Hermannsburg Mission, but this name was later often used to include the settlements at Haasts Bluff, Areyonga and, later, Papunya. It now refers to all Lutheran missionary activity in Central Australia since the first mission was established at Hermannsburg in 1877.[3] [4] [5]

Art

A number of notable Indigenous artists were born, raised, or lived at Haasts Bluff, including Makinti Napanangka,[6] Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri,[7] Tjunkiya Napaltjarri, Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Eileen Napaltjarri, Nora Andy Napaltjarri, Ada Andy Napaltjarri, Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri, Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri, Norah Nelson Napaljarri, Doris Bush Nungarrayi, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri,[8] and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula.[9]

Ikuntji Artists

Ikuntji Artists is a not-for-profit Aboriginal art centre, run by a board of seven Indigenous directors.[10] It was the first art centre established by women in the Western Desert Art Movement, starting out as a women's centre in 1992. Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri played a significant role in its establishment as an art centre,[11] with the assistance of Marina Strocchi.[12]

The centre was incorporated as Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation in 2005, and many of the artists' works are now represented in national and international collections.[13] Around 100 local artists are represented by the centre.[14]

In 2019, Ikuntji artist Eunice Napanangka Jack won the Vincent Lingiari Art Award for her painting titled Kuruyultu, which is the name of her birthplace.[15]

Singer Jessica Mauboy, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, and Australian comedian Celeste Barber have worn clothing featuring design by Ikuntji, and Ikuntji art has been displayed in Europe. In September 2022, artists Keturah Zimran and Roseranna Larry travelled to Paris, France, where their designs were being showcased in fashion shows.[14]

A book, Ikuntji Textiles, was launched in September 2022 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney.[14] [16]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Clune . Frank . Albert Namatjira, Our great Aboriginal painter . Dawn . Aborigines Welfare Board, NSW . 6 . 10 . March 1957 . 6 August 2009 . 3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090927201142/http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/dawn/docs/v06/s03/12.pdf . 27 September 2009.
  2. Web site: Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff). World Vision Australia. 5 August 2009. 24 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224022943/http://trans.worldvision.com.au/birrung/ArtCentre.aspx?ID=3. dead.
  3. Web site: Finke River Mission - Glossary Term - Northern Territory . Find & Connect . 17 March 2017. Karen . George . Gary . George. 8 November 2022.
  4. Web site: About . Finke River Mission . 29 October 2018 . 8 November 2022.
  5. Web site: Finke River Mission 135th Anniversary. https://web.archive.org/web/20150624161613/http://www.lca.org.au/finke-river-mission-135th-anniversary.html. 24 June 2015. Lutheran Church of Australia.
  6. Book: Johnson, Vivien. Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists. 316–318. IAD Press. Alice Springs, NT. 2008. 978-1-86465-090-7.
  7. Book: Birnberg, Margo. Janusz Kreczmanski. Aboriginal Artist Dictionary of Biographies: Australian Western, Central Desert and Kimberley Region. J.B. Publishing. Marleston, South Australia. 2004. 213–214. 1-876622-47-4.
  8. Web site: Profile . cooeeart.com.au . Cooee Art . 11 January 2019 . 12 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412070656/https://www.cooeeart.com.au/marketplace/artists/profile/TjapaltjarriBill/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula. Papunya Painting: out of the Australian desert. National Museum of Australia. 3 September 2010.
  10. Web site: About . Ikuntji Artists . 12 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Molly Napaltjarri Jugadai. Kate Owen Gallery and Studio. 6 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713140018/http://www.kateowengallery.com/artists/Mol178/Molly-Napaltjarri-Jugadai.htm. 13 July 2011.
  12. Web site: Upcoming exhibitions . 2008 . Ikuntji Fine Art . 6 January 2010 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003131849/http://www.ikuntji.com.au/Exhibitions/exhibitions.asp . 3 October 2009 .
  13. Web site: Ikuntji Artists . Visit the Northern Territory . 9 June 2021 . 12 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Mabin . Saskia . Central Australian artists witness collective's Indigenous designs hitting fashion runways in Europe. ABC News . 27 September 2022 . 27 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Vincent Lingiari award: the art of truth-telling . Alice Springs News. Kieran. Kinnane . 5 September 2019 . 12 September 2021. first published 6 September; updated 11 September 2019.
  16. Web site: Ikuntji Textiles - Edited by Chrischona Schmidt . . 27 September 2022.

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