The team at Black Mist Burnt Country are very excited to announce that the project is now official! We have been successful with our application for funding through Visions of Australia, the touring program of the Ministry for Arts. The Minister, The Hon Mitch Fifield made the announcement today. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has […]
Emu proved not a suitable site for the lack of water, its remoteness, and the difficult access to it. So he extended his survey to country to the south, closer to the transcontinental railway. The country is marked by and sheer endless number of sand dunes some as much as 20 metres high, with mulga, […]
Among 4WD enthusiasts Len Beadell is known as the ‘last true explorer’. A memorial at Woomera cemetery commemorates him as “explorer surveyor roadmaker” who “opened up the outback to all people”. The Anne Beadell Highway, which runs East to West from Marble Station, 50 km east of Cooper Pedy, to Laverton in Western Australia, was […]
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On 15 and 27 October 1953 the British conducted the first land-based atomic tests in Australia, at Emu also known as Emu Field or Emu Junction, a large clay pan, 300 km east of Cooper Pedy. The name stems from a footprint that was spotted in the dried out surface when British top brass arrived […]
https://blackmistburntcountry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BMBC_Woomera_3768.jpg638850Jessie Boylanhttps://blackmistburntcountry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BMBC-logo-NEW.pngJessie Boylan2015-09-29 00:57:212016-09-21 02:27:20The long legacy of the Woomera Rocket Range
Curator JD Mittmann has returned from another visit to Yalata to meet with community elders and managers to present an overview of the planned exhibition and its touring itinerary. In the meantime PM Tony Abbott was ousted and Malcom Turnbull has become Australia’s new prime minister. A new cabinet was sworn in on Monday. As […]
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The exhibition project has been transferred to the Ministry of the Arts. It was announced in the 2015-16 Budget that administration of the Visions of Australia program has been transferred from the Australia Council for the Arts to the Ministry for the Arts.
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August 6 is known as Hiroshima Day, and this year it marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Quite a number of media reports covered the event and its aftermath, including ABC Hobart, which presented a moving interview with author and Hiroshima survivor Junko Morimoto who has been living in Australia since […]
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Opening of Ten Minutes to Midnight, a multi-arts showcase presented by Alphaville and the Nuclear Futures Project at The Block, QUT Creative Precinct, in Brisbane. Nuclear Futures is a three-year international collaborative arts and cultural programs assisted by the Australian Government through Australia Council of the Arts.
Greg Franks, the chief executive of Yalata Community Incorporated – part of a community of 300 people 800km west of Adelaide – said the organisation has voiced concerns about Federal government plans to cut support for services in remote communities. Greg Franks told The Guardian: “The community has grown a lot over past few years, […]
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National Trust Ceduna Museum holds an astounding collection of all sorts of objects, from gramophones to farming equipment. The array of displays, sheds and buildings is a treasure trove and time capsule of life in the region from early 20th century to the mid-1970s.
https://blackmistburntcountry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BMBC_CedunaNationalTrustMuseum_2726.jpg24483264adminhttps://blackmistburntcountry.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BMBC-logo-NEW.pngadmin2015-04-12 01:22:122016-09-21 02:41:46Maralinga room at Ceduna Museum
Grant funding successful!
/in News /by Jessie BoylanThe team at Black Mist Burnt Country are very excited to announce that the project is now official! We have been successful with our application for funding through Visions of Australia, the touring program of the Ministry for Arts. The Minister, The Hon Mitch Fifield made the announcement today. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has […]
Len Beadell 2 – Maralinga
/in News /by Jessie BoylanEmu proved not a suitable site for the lack of water, its remoteness, and the difficult access to it. So he extended his survey to country to the south, closer to the transcontinental railway. The country is marked by and sheer endless number of sand dunes some as much as 20 metres high, with mulga, […]
Len Beadell and the atomic tests at Emu
/in News /by Jessie BoylanAmong 4WD enthusiasts Len Beadell is known as the ‘last true explorer’. A memorial at Woomera cemetery commemorates him as “explorer surveyor roadmaker” who “opened up the outback to all people”. The Anne Beadell Highway, which runs East to West from Marble Station, 50 km east of Cooper Pedy, to Laverton in Western Australia, was […]
The long legacy of the Woomera Rocket Range
/in News /by Jessie BoylanOn 15 and 27 October 1953 the British conducted the first land-based atomic tests in Australia, at Emu also known as Emu Field or Emu Junction, a large clay pan, 300 km east of Cooper Pedy. The name stems from a footprint that was spotted in the dried out surface when British top brass arrived […]
Project update and a new Prime Minister
/in News /by Jessie BoylanCurator JD Mittmann has returned from another visit to Yalata to meet with community elders and managers to present an overview of the planned exhibition and its touring itinerary. In the meantime PM Tony Abbott was ousted and Malcom Turnbull has become Australia’s new prime minister. A new cabinet was sworn in on Monday. As […]
Visions of Australia program transferred to the Ministry for the Arts
/in News /by adminThe exhibition project has been transferred to the Ministry of the Arts. It was announced in the 2015-16 Budget that administration of the Visions of Australia program has been transferred from the Australia Council for the Arts to the Ministry for the Arts.
Hiroshima Day and Nuclear Futures Seminar
/in News /by adminAugust 6 is known as Hiroshima Day, and this year it marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Quite a number of media reports covered the event and its aftermath, including ABC Hobart, which presented a moving interview with author and Hiroshima survivor Junko Morimoto who has been living in Australia since […]
Ten Minutes to Midnight Showcase launched
/in News /by adminOpening of Ten Minutes to Midnight, a multi-arts showcase presented by Alphaville and the Nuclear Futures Project at The Block, QUT Creative Precinct, in Brisbane. Nuclear Futures is a three-year international collaborative arts and cultural programs assisted by the Australian Government through Australia Council of the Arts.
Yalata CEO concerned about Government plans to cut remote community services
/in News /by adminGreg Franks, the chief executive of Yalata Community Incorporated – part of a community of 300 people 800km west of Adelaide – said the organisation has voiced concerns about Federal government plans to cut support for services in remote communities. Greg Franks told The Guardian: “The community has grown a lot over past few years, […]
Maralinga room at Ceduna Museum
/in News /by adminNational Trust Ceduna Museum holds an astounding collection of all sorts of objects, from gramophones to farming equipment. The array of displays, sheds and buildings is a treasure trove and time capsule of life in the region from early 20th century to the mid-1970s.