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Illustrates and describes art exhibition conceived by Aboriginal and Islander Commission of the Australian Council of Churches to present Aboriginal spirituality in art; includes traditional, urban and Christian conceptualisations; brief location focussed statements on Bathurst and Melville Islands by Margie West, Arnhem Land by Luke Taylor, Groote Eylandt by Rosemary Crumlin, Turkey Creek by Clare Ahern, Daly River by Eileen Farrelly, Fitzroy Crossing by Duncan Kentish, Balgo by Michael Rae, Lajamanu by Judith Ryan, Yuendumu by Felicity Wright, Blackstone Ridge by Roy Churcher, Utopia by Christopher Hodges, Papunya by Gabrielle Pizzi, Ngukurr by Anthony Knight and Urban art by Fiona Foley; brief essays by Max Charlesworth, Chris Anderson, Frank Brennan and Margaret Woodward on aspects of art and the spiritual; comments made by three Aboriginal artists, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Banduk Marika and Peter Skipper; catalogue includes biographical details of some artists.