Historic Hermannsburg mission

Hermannsburg to Alice Springs

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July 10th 2007
We spent a long time at the historic mission in Hermannsburg eating scones and learning about Albert Namatjira, an Aboriginal who grew up in the area and with the help of the now closed mission learned how to paint western style watercolours of the local landscape in the 30’s and 40’s, but died in 1959 disillusioned trying to bridge the two cultures. Sadly reminded of the cultural divide ourse ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more