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THE HEART OF EVERYTHING: The art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands, by Nicholas Evans, Louise Martin-Chew & Paul Memmott THE HEART OF EVERYTHING: THE ART AND ARTISTS OF MORNINGTON & BENTINCK ISLANDS is the first major book to profile the art and artists of Mornington and Bentinck Islands in Queensland’s far north. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 images, authors Louise Martin-Chew, Dr Paul Memmott and Dr Nicholas Evans discuss the art of this extraordinary region which ranges from totem designs used for body paint-up to sweeps of brilliant colour on canvas. The book opens with a dazzling four page gatefold of the six-metre long painting Dulka Warngiid (Land of All) by the the elderly Kaiadilt woman, Sally Gabori and her six sisters. In 2004 Gabori was living a restricted life in an aged care facility on Mornington Island, but now she is one of Australia’s most collectible artists. Sally Gabori’s meteoric artistic rise is only one of the many stories of the culture, lives and extraordinary contemporary artistic journeys explored in THE HEART OF EVERYTHING. There are thirty or more artists who today work at Mornington Island Arts and Craft whose art movement began with the famed Dick Roughsey and his brother Lindsay in the 1940s. The indigenous art of Queensland has, to date, largely been overshadowed by that of the desert and western regions of Australia. Now, as this book attests, it is in strong upsurge. THE HEART OF EVERYTHING is not only an in-depth exploration of the vibrant contemporary art of this fascinating region, but an insight into the lives of the last of Australia’s coastal dwellers to have lived a fully traditional life as well as the regenerative power of art. |
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Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia, by Paul Memmott When Europeans first reached Australian shores, a long-held and expedient perception developed that Australian Aboriginal people did not have houses or settlements, that they occupied temporary camps, sheltering in makeshift huts or lean-tos of grass and bark. This book redresses that notion, exploring the range and complexity of Aboriginal-designed structures, spaces and territorial behaviour, from minimalist shelters to permanent houses and villages. Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley encompasses Australian Aboriginal Architecture from the time of European contact to the work of the first Aboriginal graduates of university-based courses in architecture, bringing together in one place a wealth of images and research. |
 | Manfredo Tafuri - Choosing History, by Andrew Leach The Italian architect and historian Manfredo Tafuri (b. Rome, 1935; d. Venice, 1994) made a decisive contribution to the practice of architectural history, yet the breadth of his bibliography and the depth of his perception into historical problems remains largely unexplored even today. The first English-language book to consider his contribution to architectural culture, it opens an overdue discussion on both the premises of his practice and the historical questions that consequently emerge. |
 | The Picturesque: Architecture, Disgust and Other Irregularities (Classical Tradition in Architecture), by John Macarthur In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque - when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor - in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. In a series of linked essays Macarthur shows: what the concept of picture does in the picturesque and how this relates to modern theories of the image; how the distaste that might be felt today at the sentimentality of the picturesque was already at play in the eighteenth century; how visual values such as 'irregularity' become the basis of modern architectural planning; how the concept of appropriating a view moves from landscape design into urban design; and why movement is fundamental to picturing the stillness of buildings, cities and landscapes. Drawing on examples from architecture, art and broader culture, John Macarthur's account of this key topic in cultural history, makes engaging reading for all those studying architecture, art history, cultural history or visual studies. |
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Fisheries Management in Australia, by Daryl McPhee Whether it’s throwing a fresh local prawn on the BBQ or dangling a line off the local jetty, fisheries resources are economically and socially important for many Australians. Australian fisheries have undergone significant management changes over the last decade and Australia is now recognised as a world leader. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of fisheries management in Australia. It provides practical insight into the cross-disciplinary tools of fisheries management. It takes the reader away from the outdated notion of “managing the fish” to the reality of managing human behaviour. It does so without losing track of the fundamental need to consider the ecosystem and its components. The book covers a diverse range of contemporary topics including: sharing fisheries resources between commercial and recreational fishers, marine park planning, current regulatory and policy environments, consultative and participatory frameworks, by-catch mitigation and fisheries habitat management. It is a must for tertiary students studying fisheries, fisheries management professionals, the fishing industry and anyone else with an interest in how our valuable but finite fisheries resources are managed. |
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| Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, edited by Deidre Brown and Andrew Leach, and published by the UQ Press. | |
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