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Understanding and preserving Aboriginal Catholic Church art in northern Australia

Grant number: LP120200132 | Funding period: 2013 - 2018

Completed

Abstract

This project examines Aboriginal art produced in Catholic churches in northern Australia. This art represents ways in which Catholic doctrine and Indigenous belief systems built cross-cultural awareness that influenced contemporary thinking in universities, in Aboriginal communities and which has informed contemporary Aboriginal art practice.

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