Canning route project highlights aboriginal suffering and resistance green left. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the stock route irrevocably affected the lives of the aboriginal people in the region and led to dispersal and displacement of families. Did you know that you can save books into your library to create gift lists, reading lists, etc. Canning is recorded in the history books, and its been. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of. Initially, an independent western australian arts organisation, form, approached the museum with the request to stage an exhibition of works that would be created during their canning stock route project.
A trip down the canning is like nothing you could ever imagine. During 190607, canning had led a smaller exploration party to establish the feasibility of such a route. How to prepare for the canning stock route one of the. It is the processes generated by the canning stock route project and the. 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. The first part of the book details patricks early life out in the country that lies near the canning stock route. Their first contact with white people came about because of the canning stock route. 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. Nov 04, 2012 video from the canning stock route posted on november 4, 2012 by will im in the midst of reading the massive ngurra kuju walyja one country one people stories from the canning stock route macmillan, 2011, a companion volume to the exhibition catalog yiwarra kuju from the national museum of australia. 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 that cut through the gibson, great sandy and little sandy deserts 100 years ago had a massive.
The pilbara, in western australia, had been discovered to be mostly highgrade iron ore. In late 2006, the perthbased nonprofit cultural organisation form initiated ngurra kuju walyja one country, one people the canning stock route project. Jan 20, 20 they are also a largely visual documentation of the canning stock route project with its tracing of families cut asunder and country transformed, now reunited and stitched together once more, traditions revived, given new shape, and transformed again. One indigenous voice for the canning stock route csr about intro. Regardless of the condition of these water points, you should not use or interfere with the equipment or stock troughs. The original route includes 51 wells and stretches 2,0 kilometres from halls creek to wiluna. Its a hell of a trip as the stock route has not been maintained since the 80s. Planning for the canning stock route things to know before tackling the loneliest fourwheel drive track on earth if youre craving some fresh air and time out in the bush, the canning stock route could be the challenge you didnt know you needed. The canning stock route books and arts abc radio national. The stock route was proposed as a way of breaking a monopoly that west kimberley cattlemen had on. It wqs surveyed and constructed in the period 19061910 to provide access to southern markets for the. The l700kilometre long canning stock route csr crosses a remote part of western australia.
Feb 23, 2020 the canning stock route contains numerous operational stock watering points, and some that are now in ruin. 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. Canning stock route trip with diamantina tours june 2014 from halls creek northern territory to wiluna. The canning stock route western australia home facebook. Bush diaries are rare and the detail of this shows the long daily grind of hard bush work and what was done in this great enterprise.
The canning stock route exhibition germaine greer art and. 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 running 1,850 kilometers across western australia. Illustrated with paintings that depict this country and with historical photographs from the 1950s and 60s as well as from the canning stock route project in 2007, this section summarizes the education and growth of the young. One solitary set of wheel tracks setting out across the great sandy desert eventually connecting with wiluna, 2000 km to the south making it the longest and most remote stock route in the world. Monique lafontaine is an artist, a writer, and a manager of the canning stock route project s archive of content. The next day the anticipation of our first full day on the canning stock route had us out of our swag well before the sun had risen. Nov 02, 20 fat tyres and wide rims have made unsupported canning stock route travel possible. The canning stock route group brings people together from all over australia and the world, to learn, discuss. The canning stock route australia canning stock route. Aug 29, 2007 a new art project called cross country aims to retell the history of the famous desert track the canning stock route through the art and stories of the western desert. Welcome to 4xoverland, one of the worlds first and leading global 4wd adventure motoring channels.
One of the key aims of the canning stock route project was the development of a travelling exhibition. Monique lafontaine is an artist, a writer, and a manager of the canning stock route projects archive of content. And the fate of the western desert people in western australia is one example. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal. With aboriginals as guides, 46yearold surveyor alfred canning trekked north in 1906 to establish a route that would eventually bear his name. This is not just another map of the canning stock route, it is the musthave map for anyone contemplating or doing the journey. The white man history has been told and its today in the book. It is hosted by well known explorer, storyteller and filmmaker, andrew st pierre white.
The canning stock route is the longest historic stock route in the world, running 1,780 kms through the desert region of western australia. They are also a largely visual documentation of the canning stock route project with its tracing of families cut asunder and country transformed, now reunited and stitched together once more, traditions revived, given new shape, and transformed again. The second half of part one is a series of essays about the project itself. Work completed, canning hesperian press real australian books. It explores their cultural diversity and interconnections with each other and their country and their part in a greater australian story.
Planning for a road trip on the canning stock route rac wa. There are numerous books available which can assist you in your planning process. Canning stock route map westprint maps books travel. Heritage council places database canning stock route the canning stock route stretched between wiluna and halls creek, a distance of approximately 1850 km. Mira represents one of the biggest and most accessible digital archiving project of indigenous cultural content in the world. Is this a place or activity you would suggest for families with kids. Canning stock route is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. This resulted in more than two hundred and forty aboriginal people and over one hundred nonaboriginal people being involved in the project. The following year, canning returned and began the construction of 51 wells, each set 20 kms apart, which would feed travelling live stock. Genuine small group 4wd tour of the iconic canning stock route in 2017 in convoy in comfortable and modern toyota landcruiser gxl vehicles.
As project team leader, she guided the development of the yiwarra kuju exhibition in collaboration with the national museum of australia. So the project was designed to bring those artists and storytellers back to the canning stock route and to give them an opportunity to tell their version of events and to paint it and provide. Great sandy desert, canning stock route, pilbara iron, millstreamchichester national park, karlamilyi national park, karijini national park, pilbara craton, wittenoom, western australia, lang hancock, gorgon gas project, port hedland, western. The canning stock route 2,000 klicks offroad in western austalia. He was endeavouring to find a way by which east kimberley cattle could be taken to southern markets. It also contains many large extracts from george cottees book. A number of the wells may still be in extant and in their form. Canning route project highlights aboriginal suffering and.
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. Form, which initiated the fouryear canning stock route project that. The wells along the route include bores, lined wells, and modified natural water sources. As the canning stock route project anthropologist, he has recorded many. Well drive through aboriginal land and therefore we need to have valid permits. Looking for someone to ride canning stock route with.
The route was formally renamed the canning stock route in february 1967 but had previously been referred to by that name for many years. With a total distance of around 1,850 km 1,150 mi it is the longest historic stock route in the world. Journal article 1994 1739 a brief history of the canning stock route book 1980 1047 a time to keep. The aboriginal history of the worlds longest stock route through the. Built in 1910 to break the west kimberley beef monopoly, the route begins in halls creek and extends all the way to wiluna in the midwest, a distance of over 1800kms. But this indigenousmodelled, relationalcuratorial project achieved an arts industry first of staggering proportion. The project began with modest aims to present an aboriginal history of the canning stock route through art and oral history and establish. When reading the history of gold in western australia, we hear of rich gold finds, deep mines, ounces of gold per ton, lucrative profits and booming towns with numerous hotels, breweries, stock exchanges and newspapers.
Do not use the troughs at wells for bathing, and do not pour water into the troughs for the animals. The canning stock route history of aboriginal interaction. Canning stock route tours from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. The national museum of australia committed to assisting form to develop an exhibition. One country one people the canning stock route project. As the long shadows started to stretch across the red dirt and spinifex, it was time to hit the road, and begin our adventure proper. Isbn 9780859055376, carlisle, hesperian press, 2012, a4, 54pp.
With your permits they are to be downloaded by yourself and. Luckily we can apply online and as soon as the payment is done, we get the permit sent by email. They were originally designed for snow, but soft sand is another of the few mediums ive ridden where there is a genuine possibleimpossible delineation. Form ensured that both major academic books were also presented to all. How to prepare for the canning stock route one of the world. Find canning stock route by norma barne at blurb books. This intro is just a short tidbit of our 4x4 4wd expedition in west australia on the worlds longest offroad track the canning stock route. The canning stock route project the yiwarra kuju exhibition grew as a result of ngurra kuju walyja. See more ideas about canning, western australia and australia. The aboriginal people of australias western desert lived in their homelands for thousands of years. Canning stock route project prospectu 2009 by form wa issuu. One of the key aims of the canning stock route project was the development of a.
The canning stock route national museum of australia on. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. But pilbara towing is there to help with all the tricks that it can throw at you. The canning stock route project is a collaboration which shares and explores the art, culture, histories and connections of the people, country and communities surrounding the canning stock route.
Preparation is important to ensure you have a safe and enjoyable journey on the canning stock route csr. The establishment of the canning stock route in 190610, was one of the great construction feats in western australias early history and rivalled other great feats, such as the construction of the goldfields water supply pipeline, fremantle harbour and the rabbit proof fence. Oct 01, 2010 as project team leader, she guided the development of the yiwarra kuju exhibition in collaboration with the national museum of australia. It is the processes generated by the canning stock route project and the participation that made the yiwarra kuju exhibition possible that i wish to explore in this essay. Canning stock route alfred wernam canning 18601936 was appointed to survey a stock route to bring cattle from the east kimberly to the goldfields in 19061907. Permits for the canning stock route cancelled immediately. Offroad vehicle recovery is provided throughout the entire pilbara, including 80 mile beach, the canning stock route, rudal river national park and karijini. The canning stock route is the catalogue published by the national museum of australia to accompany the groundbreaking exhibition of the same name. The following are just a few suggested by the australian national 4wd council. The route is reputed to be the longest stock route in the world. Booktopia has yiwarra kuju, the canning stock route by national museum of australia.
The canning stock route is a dirt track, nearly 2000 kilometres long, developed on aboriginal homelands as mining and pastoral industries expanded in western australia at. A comprehensive history of the canning stock route 1096 2010 book 20 10171 the beckoning west. Canning stock route is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedias coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. The canning stock route is a 1850 km outback track through the gibson and the great sandy desert.
The entire route has been mapped out with every conceivable point of interest marked clearly with gps references for all to find. We have just completed one of the worlds longest and remote public tracks. When it comes to australias top 4wd tracks, they dont come much bigger than the canning stock route. Aug 08, 2010 the canning stock route was the ripping wheeze of james isdell, mp for the pilbara, in 1905. Canning stock route by norma barne blurb books australia. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online.
I had just paddled 800kms from augusta to geraldton and cycled 810kms from geraldton to wiluna but the canning stock route. The canning stock route passes through some of the most remote and isolated country in the world. Yiwarra kuju one road the canning stock route, a joint initiative. The wa government decided to break their monopoly by mapping a stock route from the kimberley down through the states semiarid interior to the southern markets. It was created as a stock route between the towns of halls creek in the east kimberley and wiluna in central western australia.
First of all, we need two permits to drive the canning stock route. Claude was a cameleer on the 19081910 well construction party of the canning stock route. John carty is a canning stock route project anthropologist who has worked extensively. In 2006, an australian nonprofit cultural organisation called form initiated the canning stock route project. The canning stock route project tells an intercultural and intergenerational story of aboriginal community, collaboration and reconciliation. Yiwarra kuju, the canning stock route by national museum of.
Gunbarrel or gcr are better with more spots to camp with less idiots wiluna though what a town fourty bucks for a tin of milo and a street scape that looks like a war zone possibly the second most depressing and disgusting town in the country due to the. In keeping with the additive, evolving nature of the original project, this essay draws on a presentation made at the same but different. 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. Canning stock route is an exhibition in which aboriginal. This section will help you to stay connected to your friends and loved ones, and make new friends along the way tell your travel story blog on hu. We suggest that you download canning stock route information pack which contains information about the whole of the route and the sites along the way. This article has been rated as bclass on the projects quality scale. The canning stock route is a track that runs from halls creek in the kimberley region of western australia. Aug 01, 2016 canning stock route tours 2017 canning stock route tours 2017 from broome, darwin, kununurra, halls creek, perth, alice springs. There are no shopping opportunities along the track and fuel is available in one remote aboriginal community only. The acquisition of the entire collection was unusual in that it was an evolutionary process.
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