Understanding and preserving Aboriginal Catholic Church art in northern Australia

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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