The original route includes 51 wells and stretches 2,0 kilometres from halls creek to wiluna. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal. Canning stock route map westprint maps books travel. As the canning stock route project anthropologist, he has recorded many. A number of the wells may still be in extant and in their form. Driving the canning is a onceinalifetime experience, so be as prepared as you can for the loneliest fourwheel drive track in the world. Canning stock route tours from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. Yiwarra kuju tells the story of the route s impact, and the importance of the country around it, interpreted through aboriginal eyes and voices. The canning stock route books and arts abc radio national. This exhibition tells the story of the recovery of the indigenous histories, says michael pickering, head of the aboriginal and torres strait islander program at the national museum of australia. Form, which initiated the fouryear canning stock route project that. The white man history has been told and its today in the book. See more ideas about canning, western australia and australia.
The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia. The canning stock route western australia, wiluna, western australia. Price new from used from paperback, 2009 please retry. It is the processes generated by the canning stock route project and the. Uptodate information regarding the condition of the csr, access and permits should be obtained by anybody intending to travel the canning stock route. One indigenous voice for the canning stock route csr about intro.
Preparation is important to ensure you have a safe and enjoyable journey on the canning stock route csr. Form ensured that both major academic books were also presented to all. We have been in the map, book and travel guide industries for more than 25 years. Planning for a road trip on the canning stock route rac wa. Canning stock route project prospectu 2009 by form wa issuu. Kanyirninp a juku rrpa who also publish the canning stock. The canning stock route australia canning stock route. The artist, clifford brooks, joined the canning stock route project four weeks and 1,600 kilometres south of here when a convoy of fourwheel drives set out from wiluna. The following are just a few suggested by the australian national 4wd council. We specialise in maps and books for 4wd, rooftop maps, caravan, camping, topographical maps, fishing, geological, gold prospecting, motorcylce, walking, history and australiana. Route information booklet booklet which accompanies the entry permits this link is provided for those seeking long term preparations and gaining as much information as possble to make a succesful journey along the canning stock route.
Information provided here is of a general nature only. Canning stock route by norma barne blurb books australia. I first travelled the canning back in the mid1980s and have returned many times since. The canning stock route was used in the first half of the 20th century for.
With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world the stock route was proposed as a way of breaking a monopoly that west kimberley cattlemen had on the beef trade at the beginning of the 20th century. Canning stock route trip with diamantina tours june 2014 from halls creek northern territory to wiluna. Yiwarra kuju includes beautiful plates of the complete canning. There are numerous books available which can assist you in your planning process. It explores their cultural diversity and interconnections with each other and their country and their part in a greater australian story.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the expansion of. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss. The aboriginal people of australias western desert lived in their homelands for thousands of years. One indigenous voice for the canning stock route csr. Canning stock route project, however developed, its journey, the artists, history of the canning stock route, professional development and mentorship program, the paintings, multimedia and the people. Following the route or close to it blazed by alfred canning back in 1906, this track covers roughly 1850km of pure offroad heaven, stretching from halls creek in the kimberley region to wiluna in midwest western australia. Canning stock route exhibition australian embassy in russia.
The wells along the route include bores, lined wells, and modified natural water sources. Canning stock route is a show that provides a forum for aboriginal painters and storytellers to share their own accounts of the legendary canning stock route in wa. Canning stock route is an exhibition in which aboriginal. This article discusses the processes, practices and successes of the canning stock route project and yirwarra kuju exhibition, carried out between 2006 and 2012. The canning stock route is an old cattle droving route that was developed in the early part of the 20th century to allow stock cattle to be driven a direct, overland route from the kimberley to perth bypassing the various diseases they usually picked up when passing along the coast. Heritage council places database canning stock route the canning stock route stretched between wiluna and halls creek, a distance of approximately 1850 km. The canning stock route project is a collaboration which shares and explores the art, culture, histories and connections of the. Above all, it is a story of family, culture and country. Ostensibly the book is a memoir that begins at the end of mahoods awardwinning memoir craft for a dry lake, working forward in time in a series of essays built around a ive made rather.
The route is reputed to be the longest stock route in the world. The canning stock route runs from wiluna to halls creek and is arguably the most remote track in australia and one of the longest. The true complexity of the canning stock route collection was slowly revealed as the job of defining it got underway. I had just paddled 800kms from augusta to geraldton and cycled 810kms from geraldton to wiluna but the canning stock route. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.
Permits for the canning stock route cancelled immediately. This major exhibition of paintings, cultural artefacts, film. The aboriginal history of the worlds longest stock route through the. B this article has been rated as bclass on the projects quality scale.
The track traverses pristine aussie deserts and has its fair share of rough corrugations, rocks and over 700 sand dunes. The deceptively simple version of this story is that it tells the aboriginal point of view of the canning stock route, a watering route for cattle blazed in 1906 and. Still, this trip on which i led an australian geographic society 4wd tagalong tour was the first time in 10 years id driven the stock route s full length and it was great to once again soak up the history that pervades the track, and to marvel at the changes of vegetation and habitat along its. John carty is a canning stock route project anthropologist who has worked extensively throughout the. This heavily referenced and comprehensively indexed book is destined to become the definitive history of the canning stock route and will appeal to general and professional readers, historians, anthropologists, scientists, family history researchers, local shires, tour companies, tourists and csr travellers. The canning stock route western australia home facebook.
The canning stock route csr is a place where indigenous and nonindigenous histories intersect. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal community, collaboration and reconciliation. It is a story of contact, conflict and survival, of exodus and return. The canning stock route debuted in 2010 and toured nationally for two years before coming to reside at the national museum of australia. The information provided in the link below is owned by. With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world. Defining the canning stock route collection national. Work completed, canning a comprehensive history of the canning stock route 1906 2010 by phil bianchi. The canning stock route carty, john, davenport, carly, lafontaine, monique on. Paperback january 1, 2009 by ronele and eric gard author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Canning stock route is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. The traditional owners of the country along the canning stock route are collectively known as martu pronounced mardoo thier cultural background is part of the western desert cultural bloc. Yiwarra kuju, the canning stock route by national museum of. Position doubtful is more than a good readits like a reference guide to the soul.
John carty is a canning stock route project anthropologist who has worked extensively throughout the western desert and kimberley regions. In late 2008 the national museum of australia permanently acquired the canning stock route collection 140 artworks curated by the canning stock route project team over three years and entered into a partnership with form to produce yiwarra kuju the canning stock route. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia to wiluna in the midwest region. He and his wife ronele wrote that book, and erics talk brought back many memories. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance scale.
Our goal is to create an online website that is the equal of the map shop you knew that was just around the corner for all those years. Find canning stock route by norma barne at blurb books. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss and share their experiences on the stock route. Booktopia has yiwarra kuju, the canning stock route by national museum of australia. Ngurra kuju walyja one country one people the canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of community. When it comes to australias top 4wd tracks, they dont come much bigger than the canning stock route. The oldest rock art on the cannning stock route is found in the carnarvon ranges estimated to have been for the last 25,000 years. Our canning stock route tours travel the original canning stock route created by albert canning in 1908 for kimberley cattlemen to take their stock to the southern markets.
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