Jeanette James combed remote Tassie beaches as a child, collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. Decades later she celebrates the importance of this ancient cultural practice. “My ...

When Lola Greeno enrolled to study for an Associate Diploma of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania in the 1990s and was asked by her classmates to share her knowledge of Indigenous shell stringing ...

Andrew Gall's doctoral exhibition 'Protecting kanalaritja' on his pakana Country. When pakana man Andrew Gall discovered climate change could have a real impact on kanalaritja — the practice of shell ...

Some of Jeanette James’ earliest childhood memories involve combing remote Tasmanian beaches and collecting tiny iridescent maireener shells with her family. She always enjoyed the process, but it ...

Shell-stringing is the cultural practice of collecting, preparing and stringing shells to make necklaces and bracelets. This knowledge is passed from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and ...