STUDIES IN
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ART

For any further help in finding or using these resources please come in to see or contact your Research Librarian for History, ph. 83033706
Margaret Hosking (Mon, Tues, Wed am)
or her assistant, Peter Jacobs (Wed pm, Thurs am, Fri am)

The Barr Smith Library holds a more than adequate collection of books, journals and reference tools on art, but for in-depth research it may be necessary to consult the libraries of Adelaide's other two universities, Flinders and University of South Australia (Underdale campus), both of which have very good art collections
The State Library also often holds useful titles
All their catalogues can be consulted from here and reciprocal borrowing can be arranged.
Australia-wide locations for books can be searched using Libraries Australia (Kinetica)

Journals not held by the BSL can be located on the database
Serials in Australian Libraries (SIAL).
In that database, a library location code beginning with an S is a South Australian location.

The Library of the Art Gallery of South Australia should be consulted as a last resort

CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books in the catalogue Newspaper articles CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books in the catalogue Newspaper articles CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books in the catalogue Newspaper articles CONTENTS WWWsites Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Finding books in the catalogue Newspaper articles Last update Margaret Hosking Peter Jacobs July 2007

WWW sites Aboriginal Art, Culture & Spirituality: Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library Browse down to find multiple links.eg. Aboriginal Art Online: Australian Aboriginal paintings and prints Australian Museum Aboriginal Heritage Unit "The main role of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit is to act as the intermediary between the Australian Museum and the indigenous communities of Australia on issues of indigenous cultural heritage management." Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art at the National Gallery of Australia Telstra National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Art Award Contemporary approaches to world Rock Art This site is maintained at the University of New England and has a strong Australian emphasis. Its main author describes his own interests as " ethnohistory, material culture studies and the socio-ceremonial role of art in Aboriginal Culture Current projects include work on rock art and its cultural context in the Kimberley region of Western Australia." Norman B Tindale' s catalogue of Australian Aboriginal tribes Black arts and culture Part of the ABC Online website Includes a Visual arts section, covering "fine arts, photography, digital arts, and traditional arts and crafts." The Space : ABC Arts online "The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's gateway to arts and culture" Follow the navigation links to Visual arts, to find images and background information relating to current and recent exhibitions of indigenous Australian art. Picture Australia Follow the "Picture Trails" link, to find images on the theme of Indigenous Australia Originals of these images are held in several participating agencies, including the National Library of Australia, the Northern Territory Library, National Gallery of Australia, State Library of Victoria etc. And some commercial sites...... Hermannsburg School Hermannsburg Potters Aboriginal art prints - includes artists' biographies Papunya Tula artists Bond aboriginal art Waterhole aboriginal art Many indigenous artists are well-represented on the www. Go to Google and type in the name. Google advanced search may work better for you. Assess critically the sites you find - some are very good, but be careful. Handbooks, encyclopaedias and dictionaries Indigenous Australians and their art The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture, ed. S.Kleinert, 2000 Reference collection and Reserve Collection 305.899915 K64o Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. 2 volumes. 1994 Reference collection 994.0049915 H823e Also available on CD-ROM - PC 334 behind the Information Desk Jupp, J. The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, 2nd ed., 2001 Indigenous Australians - visual arts p 97-102, but surrounded by lots of other excellent background information. Reference collection 994 J95a.2 Australians: a historical library. 1987. v.5 From 1939 (Section III Aboriginal Australians. ch. 9. Audiences for art) Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies: Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley region, M Birnberg, 2004 Reference collection 709.9403 B6196a Johnson, Vivien Aboriginal artists of the Western desert : a biographical dictionary. 1994 Reference collection 759.994 J69a New McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art / Alan McCulloch, 4th ed.2006 Reference collection 709.94 M133.4 Macquarie atlas of Indigenous Australia : culture and society through space and time, ed. Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy, 2005 Reference collection 994.0049915 A7911m Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections in overseas museums , C. Cooper, 1989 Reference collection 305.89915 C776a Aboriginal artefacts in the Donald Thomson collection : a microfiche catalogue, E. Ramsay, 1987 (Microfiche catalogue of the collection held at the Museum of Victoria) Reference collection 306.0899915 R178a Art - International Dictionary of art 1996 34 volumes (Grove) Reference collection 703 T948d Finding journal articles: Indexes, Databases and Bibliographies Art - International databases Art abstracts 1984- earlier volumes in print Art index 1929/32-1998 Reference collection 705 A778 Australian databases Australian public affairs - full text: APA-FT. This is an essential database for research on Australian indigenous art. Mura, the on-line catalogue at the AIATSIS library, which indexes books, journal articles and other types of materials. Some items are only held at the AIATSIS in Canberra but many of the books, chapters and articles are accessible here. This is an essential database for research if you want references on very specific artists, areas and groups. AustraliaNew Zealand Reference Centre Department of the Environment and Heritage which hosts the Australian Heritage Database Max Germaine's artists and galleries on CD-ROM : the essential reference of contemporary art in Australia [electronic resource]. 1997 Barr Smith Library, at Machine 334 - behind the Information Desk. There is also an earlier (print) edition of this work: Germaine, Max, Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 vols. 1990 Reference collection 709.94 G372a.3 Moorditj : Australian indigenous cultural expressions [electronic resource] Includes biographical details of 110 indigenous Australian artists, images of their work, and sound recordings of many of them discussing their work. Barr Smith Multimedia collection 700.089915 S257m Interdisciplinary databases - International Academic OneFile 1980- Replaces Expanded Academic ASAP. Academic OneFile is a broad multidisciplinary database, providing full text for a large proportion of the 8000 journals covered. Academic Search Premier Replaces Academic Search Elite. This database includes 8000 journals from all subject areas, and provides the full text of articles from over 4000 of those journals JSTOR is a full text searchable library of journals (mainly in the social sciences and humanities) which contains full content of selected journals from their first issue up to 3-5 years ago Project Muse full text access to University Press and other scholarly electronic journals in the social sciences, humanities etc since the mid 1990's. Periodicals Index online Covers journal article titles from 1800-1990, and searches can be limited to time period - eg 1950-1960 Some articles are linked to full text This is a useful source for finding contemporary articles about art in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the older journals are held either in our library's Joint Store or in the State Library . Bibliographies Topical bibliography of Australian Aboriginal visual arts. 3rd ed. 1987 Reference collection 709.94 M359t Australia's rock art. 1990 This bibliography was compiled from HERA. Reference collection 333.7205 A938 2.2 Finding books in the catalogue To search the catalogue, use Guided Keyword Search, and try the following in the Any Keywords option : Aborigin? artist? Aboriginal Australians material culture Aboriginal Australians Antiquities Aborigin? Cultural property Rock paintings Bark painting Also, adding the search term video? can be useful: Aborig? artist? videorecording Search also using Guided keyword , and search by Subject Heading option: Aboriginal Australians art The official subject heading is: Art, Aboriginal Australian.........browse Indigenous art can be found at a few Dewey numbers: 306.0899915, 704.039915, 709.94, 759.994 Please go to the catalogue first as you may miss some titles by merely browsing in the collection. Newspaper articles Newspaper index : references to Aborigines in Adelaide newspapers, 1836-1940 Reference collection 994.0049915 B864n Factiva is an index to Australian and international newspapers and news services and includes full text for many titles. Some coverage extends back to the early 1980's. Great for exhibition reviews articles on specific artists, auctions, controversies etc.