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the

work

produced by

the

people

in

the

group.

The

turtle

symbolises talent;-

free

creativity.

In

the

dingo,

this natural talent

is applied to

life.The

dingo

is

cunning,

and represents

business

as a

creative activity.

The

parrott

is

multi-

coloured

and,

because

of its

aerial

mobility,

it

symbolises

an overall

view of

how

arts

can

enrich a community.

In May

1978 an

Arts

Employment Scheme

was

set

up

in Broome. Geoff

describes the

development of

the

scheme

in

aleaflet

produced

for

the

exhibition:

It

was

a

truly self-hrelp

enterprise,

a

total

learning

experience

-

ambi-

tious, purposeful,lively. All

of

us were originally

unemployed,

and

untrained

in management.

Our employment

project

was

cut

after

a

year

-

we decided

to use

what

we

had acquired

our-

selves, ie trucks

and

organisation

-

to

run

agencies

for

an

air

cargo firm,

courier

service,

and

a mail run to isolated Aboriginal

com-

munities.

This

business was

called'Dingo

Deliveries'. We

ran the

office

efficiently

(much

sacrifice)

which

gave

us

time to support

com-

muntiy

arts endeavours,

ie

music

festivals,

youth

activities,

local

newspaper,

transporting

tribal

people

to ceremonies,

sports

etc. Apart

an grows

ou o

unoers an mg.

r

1s

conss en

with discussions with

elders

on

traditional

Aboriginal learning,

and

the

second

paradigm

of

learning

in

education which

evolved

from

William

Blake.

This form of

community

learning

is being

considered

by

adult

educators

as a

way

of coping

with

the compounding employment

problems

of

the

computer age

-

creating

small

Above:'A

Greenbac

by

Arnol

Left:

Jim

In

the

Deliveries

as

an exe

When

the

collating

show and

exhibitio

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