When dreaming turns into a nightmare

Article Abstract:

A number of stories have appeared in the Australian press alleging artworks by indigenous artists exhibited in leading galleries were forgeries. The allegations have caused a crisis in the aboriginal art market. A Melbourne auction of 28 paintings in Apr, 1999, sold only 4. Aboriginal art is sometimes a family project, and better-known artists sometimes sign their names to works by family members.

Art, Authorship, Indigenous peoples, Art forgeries, Painting, Australian (Aboriginal), Australian aboriginal painting

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Undermined

Article Abstract:

Kakadu National Park in Northern Australia is expected to be put on the UN's World Heritage in Danger list. A World Heritage report delivered to the UN in Nov, 1998 recommended the $150 mil Jabiluka uranium mining project be stopped. Australian environment minister Robert Hill called the report flawed and biased, and accused the anti-uranium mining lobby of influencing the report.

International relations, United Nations, Uranium industry, Environmental law, Australian foreign relations

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Hopalong catastrophe

Article Abstract:

The author presents evidence of a potential ecological disaster with the imminent invasion of the cane toad into territories neighboring Queensland, Australia. Methods to combat the invasion, ongoing research, and the environmental impact to the area are discussed.

Research, Biological invasions, Toads, Northern Territory, Population biology

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