Maningrida
Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory; in Life on Air Attenborough meets the bark painter Magani there.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life on Air | David Attenborough | setting | Attenborough meets the bark painter Magani there. |
Life on Air — David Attenborough (2002)
Source: Original · Readwise highlight
No one had ever reached Maningrida by land. The only way for visitors to get there was by ship from Darwin two hundred and fifty miles away to the west, or by air.
- Role: setting
- In the book: The team flies into a new government settlement, with a few buildings, a jetty and a cargo ship being unloaded. They meet superintendent Mick Ivory, the camped Gunavidji and Burada groups, and the bark painter Magani, who shows them how he paints and the sacred didgeridoo Yurlunggur and its ritual.
- Why it matters: The place where the chapter’s central encounter with Aboriginal art and ritual takes place, described in some detail as a raw frontier settlement.