Utopia Northern Territory
Specialising in both traditional and more contemporary aboriginal artworks.
Utopia northern territory. This argument has been dismissed in the recent past with homelands being seen as inefficient in terms of resources and worse as attempts to preserve. Area known as utopia. Utopia is a region covering about 5000 2 kilometres of land north east of alice springs. Serving the needs of the utopia community and surrounding homelands in northern territory australia urapuntja prides itself on its deep connection to community and outstanding health service results.
Woodgreen utopia and macdonald downs to name but a few. The following year the utopia women s batik group was formed with julia murray becoming art coordinator for the next five years. And by the northern territory chief minister s own admission this is one of the most underserviced aboriginal communities in the country. Emily s country alhalkere adjoins the area known as utopia which is located approximately 230 kilometres north east of alice springs.
Utopia s problem as she sees it is neglect. 2017 jobs profile snapshot. We work with artists in the utopia region in central australia as well as from around the northern territory. Northern territory government needs to publish these draft leases make them available easy to find so as to promote public discussion.
Urapuntja health is one of australia s longest running aboriginal community controlled health services established in 1977. It comprises several large and small communities with a population of 517 residents. Utopia northern territory 124 aboriginal people in remote australia have argued for many years that living in outstations on their own land is an important basis for their good health. A mob of people from canberra with cameras during the first weeks of the northern territory intervention was not a good look and barbara did a lot of explaining on our behalf.
In 1977 a group of alyawarr and anmatyerr aboriginal women from the utopia region in the northern territory were taught the techniques for making batik fabric in a series of government sponsored workshops facilitated by jenny green. In the 1970 s the chalmers family sold the lease to utopia sta tion to the aboriginal land fund commission. And in 1978 the station was claimed under the aboriginal land rights northern territory act 1976. Specialists in aboriginal art from the utopia region northern territory australia.
It deplores a loss of representation in the utopia homelands but does not acknowledge that their number one advocate rosalie kunoth monks is the president of the barkly shire.
