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Saltwater: Paintings of the Sea Country PB Book 2014 Indigenous Sea Rights

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Some Bumps/ bends to Corners as can be seen in photos,  but this is Sealed & Never Opened ~

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" Saltwater Paintings of sea Country the recognition of indigenous Sea rights

For the Yolnu (Aboriginal inhabitants of north-east Arnhem Land), the land and the sea combine to hold the basis of their culture. Sacred places which are the very essence of their existence are located throughout the region.

One of these sacred sites is Garranali - the home of Baru, the Ancestral Crocodile.

In 1996 the discovery of an illegal barramundi fishing camp which had desecrated Garranali caused great agitation in the community. The area was defiled with dumped rubbish - but the worst discovery was a hessian bag containing the severed head of a crocodile.

Djambawa Marawili, a clan elder and chairperson of Buku-Larrngay Mulka (the Art Centre at Yirrkala), responded to this invasion of his sacred area and the sacrilege of the dismemberment of Baru in his own nest. The Balanda (European response to such a discovery might well have been violent. With inherent restraint, the Yolnu reaction was generous. They would use their sacred art to explain to outsiders the meaning and lore which underpinned their society: they would paint their sacred stories to share with the outside world, so it could understand the magnitude of such desecration.

"Sacred art that has been etched by the sea where the ocean roars. What do you Balanda call it? Big? Yes. This is Sea Rights". - Dula Nurruwuthun

The result is 80 bark paintings, a national tour, and this book which is..."a deliberate effort to share a body of knowledge in the belief that when you, as a member of Australian society, understand it, you will be changed" - Djon Mundine OAM

The works stimulated and became a significant part of the evidence in the Blue Mud Bay case.

On 30 July 2008 the High Court of Australia confirmed that traditional owners of the Blue Mud Bay region in north-east Arnhem Land, together with traditional owners of almost the entire Northern Territory coastline, have exclusive access rights to tidal waters overlying Aboriginal land.

The historic second edition of the original catalogue traces the journey to its end with victory in the High Court ".

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