The Town Grew Up Dancing: the life and art of Wenten Rubuntja

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The Town Grew Up Dancing is Wenten Rubuntjas story.

It provides a rare view of events that shaped the life of an Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time. Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role as an Aboriginal statesman in his home town of Alice Springs.

He is highly respected for the depth and breadth of his traditional knowledge and for his unique skills as a negotiator. This book reveals the humour and wisdom of an Aboriginal man skilled at engaging in both the traditional and the contemporary worlds.

The story is told in Wenten’s own words, in his first language, Arrernte, with accompanying translations, and in Aboriginal English.

ISBN: 978-1-864650-42-7

by Wenten Rubuntja with Jenny Green

Hardcover – 196 pages

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Weight.900 kg
Dimensions24.5 × 22 × 2 cm

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A nephew of Albert Namatjira, Wenten was encouraged by him to paint when he was a young man. An Arrernte man who has made a major contribution to the art and politics of his time, Wenten was a key figure in the land rights movement in Central Australia in the mid-1970s and has since played a lively and formative role as an Aboriginal statesman in his home town of Alice Springs. The story is told in Wenten’s own words, in his first language, Arrernte, with accompanying translations, and in Aboriginal English.