Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Tjanpi

    # 47677

    McGREGOR, Ken and TRIMBLE, Judith

    Tjanpi

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2011.  Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 19. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy on the Tjanpi Desert Weavers.

  • We Are Eagles

    # 47675

    MOULTON, Kimberley (curator)

    We Are Eagles

    Healesville : TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2025. Quarto, lettered boards, pp. 148, illustrated. ‘TarraWarra Biennial 2025: We Are Eagles is an exhibition of new and existing works by 23 artists and makers from across Australia that centre regenerative practice and relational connections. The title comes from an important political movement in 1938 called The Day …

  • Judy Watson

    # 47674

    FITZPATRICK, Anthony (curator)

    Judy Watson

    Edited by Jonathan Watkins ; texts by Geraldine Barlow, Hetti Perkins and Judy Watson. Birmingham : Ikon Gallery, 2020. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. New copy. ‘Published alongside the most comprehensive UK exhibition to date by Australian Aboriginal artist Judy Watson (b.1959), as part of an international tour developed in partnership with TarraWarra Museum …

  • Myall Creek and beyond

    # 26700

    PARSONS, Rachael; BEETSON, Bianca; FOLEY, Fiona, GOUGH, Julie; WATSON, Judy, et al

    Myall Creek and beyond

    Armidale, NSW : New England Regional Art Museum, 2018. Quarto (290 x 245 mm), publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth boards, illustrated endpapers, pp 57, [1]; colour illustrated; slightly bumped, but a fine copy. A superb catalogue produced for NERAM’s exhibition marking the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek Massacre, which took place on the Gwydir River, …

  • From the earth : contemporary indigenous ceramics from Alice Springs Pottery, Ernabella, Hermannsburg Potters and Tiwi Islands.

    # 47562

    BOWERS, Stephen et al.

    From the earth : contemporary indigenous ceramics from Alice Springs Pottery, Ernabella, Hermannsburg Potters and Tiwi Islands.

    Adelaide : JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. Catalogue of an exhibition held at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, 13 December 2008 – 25 January 2009. Exhibition concept: Stephen Bowers; exhibition and catalogue development: Margaret Hancock. From the Earth is an investigation exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian ceramics …

  • Tommy Yannima Pikarli Watson : the master colourist

    # 47561

    McGREGOR, Ken; HENDERSON, Geoff

    Tommy Yannima Pikarli Watson : the master colourist

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2023. Folio, illustrated laminated boards, pp. 314, illustrated. Designed by Jenny Zimmer. New copy, still sealed in shrink-wrap. Scarce.

  • Naata Nungurrayi : the late works (deluxe edition)

    # 47300

    McGREGOR, Ken; SIMON, Christopher

    Naata Nungurrayi : the late works (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2015. Quarto, decorated cloth in matching slipcase, pp. 23, plus 155 images of works by the artist, enhanced by the inclusion of six original photographs of the artist by Ken McGregor, each signed by the mark ‘X’ by the artist, and with an original etching by Nungurrayi, limited to 20 copies, …

  • Tjanpi desert weavers (softcover edition)

    # 47463

    WATSON, Penny

    Tjanpi desert weavers (softcover edition)

    Compiled by Penny Watson for Tjanpi Desert Weavers ; Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, [2012]. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 367, extensively illustrated. A fine copy, mint condition. Tjanpi Desert Weavers is an employment enterprise within the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council. The latter was formed as a response …

  • Power + colour : new painting from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art

    # 47437

    RAFFAN, Jane

    Power + colour : new painting from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2012. Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket, pp. 368, illustrated. Fine copy. The enthralling power and colour of Aboriginal painting of Tjukurpa and country has brought Aboriginal art to the forefront of contemporary art practice in Australia. Aboriginal art has also played an important role in the formulation of Indigenous Land Rights debates …

  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 47372

    MCGREGOR, Ken

    The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2021. Quarto (310 x 253 mm), laminated pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. Text by Ken McGregor, designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. New copy. Printed and produced entirely in Australia. Destined to be regarded as the most authoritative, thoroughly …

  • Highlights : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Art Gallery of South Australia

    # 47539

    CUMPSTON, Nici

    Highlights : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, Art Gallery of South Australia

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2014. Quarto illustrated boards, pp. 79, illustrated. ‘A brief introduction to the extraordinary diversity and breadth of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Starting in Central Australia and radiating outwards, towards and along the coast, to include artists from desert, …

  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 47501

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

  • Ngurra Kuju Walyja - One Country, One People : Stories from the Canning Stock Route

    # 47499

    WEBSTER, Mags (editor)

    Ngurra Kuju Walyja – One Country, One People : Stories from the Canning Stock Route

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2011. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 400, illustrated, a new copy. A collaborative enterprise between FORM, the National Museum of Australia, and nine Aboriginal arts and cultural centres, leading to a major publication and exhibition. An extraordinary volume, documenting the relationships between art, people and country from an indigenous and …

  • Across the desert : Aboriginal batik from Central Australia

    # 47475

    RYAN, Judith et al

    Across the desert : Aboriginal batik from Central Australia

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2008. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 168, illustrated. A fine copy.

  • Indigenous Art at the Australian National University

    # 47481

    DODSON, Mick; EAGLE, Mary et alia

    Indigenous Art at the Australian National University

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2009. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 216, illustrated. Designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. ‘With a foreword by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb and essays by other distinguished academics this is an array of scholarly research prompted by the Indigenous artworks in the collection of tne Australian National University.’ …

  • The Telstra collection. Selected works from the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

    # 47482

    McGREGOR, Ken et al.

    The Telstra collection. Selected works from the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

    Darwin, N.T. : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2015. Quarto, boards in illustrated duatjacket (light wear along lower edge), pp. 271, illustrated. Designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Forewords by Allan Myers and Andrew Penn. Produced by Ken McGregor. ‘The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award was initiated by the …