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Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. There is a cultural grouping of aboriginals with a similar language spoken in and around Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia called Eastern Arrente. In the town of Santa Teresa, 80km SE of Alice Springs, the Keringke Art Centre began with a nine week fabric-painting course back in 1987. In 1988 the women of Santa Teresa held an exhibition at the Australian Bicentennial Craft Show, the first time an Aboriginal group had done so. By 1989, funding had allowed the building of a purpose-built Art Centre. It was named after the dreaming place of Kathleen Wallace, one of the artists at Santa Teresa. Keringke means ?Kangaroo Tracks? Despite widespread funding cuts to Art Centres during the 90?s, Keringke has flourished in recent times and is now a vital component of the area?s cultural, social and economic fabric. It was evident from the inception of the Keringke Arts association, that the Santa Teresa women certainly had an artistic style all their own.…