Please note this site contains the names and images of Indigenous persons who have passed away.
“… an exemplary work of scholarship, of sourcing and citation, and it will not only be a fundamental piece of work for those interested in Indigenous Australian art but also, in my view, for many others with curiosity and interest in Indigenous life and history.”
Professor Fred Myers
New York University, in the Australian Journal of Biography and History, No. 4, 2020, published by the Australian National University.
‘The master from Marnpi is worth owning for the images alone. Its compilation was clearly a labour of love, out of which Alec O’Halloran has made a beautiful book about a wonderful man.’
Dr Martin Edmond
Sydney Review of Books, August 2019.
The master from Marnpi
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national launch
The master from Marnpi was officially launched to an audience of 400 people at the Desart Symposium, on Friday 7 September by Alec O'Halloran and Elizabeth Marks Nakamarra.
Blog #9: A - Z of The master from Marnpi
A is for Author
I, Alec O’Halloran, am the author of The master from Marnpi, though countless people contributed thro...
Blog #8: The National Book Tour
The National Book Tour for The master from Marnpi began in September in Alice Springs and finished in Melbourn...