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Ghost Net Art from Darnley Island (Erub)
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/ghost-net-art/ghost-net-art-from-darnley-island/The museum has several works in our collection which are wonderful examples of how environmentally destructive materials are being recycled into amazing works of art.
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Recycling off the beach: Aboriginal artists and ghost net at Pormpuraaw
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/recycling-off-the-beach-aboriginal-artists-and-ghost-net-at-pormpuraaw/Aboriginal communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait are taking the lead in dealing with ghost nets
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Ghost Net art: Sculptures now on display
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-sculptures-now-on-display/Our amazing new ghost net sculptures, Dauma and Garom, are now on display in our Indigenous Australians gallery.
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Ghost Net Art: The Story of Dauma and Garom
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-story-dauma-garom/The day had started normally enough, sitting around the artists table at the Erub Erwer Meta art centre on Darnley Island...
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Ghost Net Art: Stopping the Slaughter
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-stopping-the-slaughter/Imagine a mindless killing machine half the size of Botany Bay. It's not science fiction but reality for some places in the Torres Strait.
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Ghost net art: Work nears completion
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-work-nears-completion/Since our departure from Darnley Island in late May, the artists at Erub Erwer Meta have been busy making ghost net works for the museum.
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Ghost net art: Turtle
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-turtle/Earlier this year, we acquired a ghost net 'Turtle' that was made by Ellarose Savage.
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Ghost net art: Not just net and rope...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-not-just-net-and-rope/Seeing the large amounts of fishing net and rope at Erub Erwer Meta, I was surprised that they could be turned into such beautiful things.
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Ghost net art: Work begins at Erub Erwer Meta
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-work-begins-at-erub-erwer-meta/Our second day on Darnley Island saw the beginning stages of construction for Garom the rock cod.
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Ghost net art: Arrival on Darnley Island
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-arrival-on-darnley-island/My colleague Scott Mitchell and I recently visited Darnley Island, also known as Erub, in the far eastern Torres Strait Islands (TSI).
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