Marquesan Festival Matavaa O Te Fenua Enata
July 2022. By Chris Boylan and Sophy Dennett The Marquesas with six main islands in the north-eastern section of French Polynesia has long been a place of imaginings, beyond the …
Uli: Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific
2021, 392 pages, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Primedia, Bornival, Belgium. Review by Noelle Rathmell-Stiels This superb book has been six years in the making, but it is well worth the wait. In …
Jean Philippe Beaulieu – Lecture
Jean Philippe Beaulieu - lecture 20 July 2022 Sydney - Uli Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific
Matt Poll – Lecture
Matt Poll - Lecture, 13 July 2022 Sydney, Australia - Shaped by the Sea: Australian Indigenous Maritime History
Touchstones of Culture
Some cultural artefacts or events become touchstones of a culture. The elaborate masks prepared for participation in the Fire Dance Ceremonies of the Central Baining in East New Britain, Papua …
The Baining – A Night to Remember Part 2
Baining collection with field notes and photographs from East New Britain, continued from last issue. By Harold Gallasch Years of witnessing the Engini fire dance ceremonies of the Central Baining have made …
Murlapaka – A Kaurna Touchstone for the Art Gallery of South Australia
by Jim Elmslie At times, the landing page of the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) features an extremely rare and culturally significant shield which also now …
Dr Dolly Guise PhD (1942 – 2022)
by Chris Boylan with the input of Dolly Guise’s family Dolly Guise, who graduated as Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) first female PhD in anthropology, lived an extraordinary life. Just as …