Ghan (2008) - John Webb Artworks

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Ghan (2008)
1.56 x 1.0m

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Ghan (2008) (Detail 1)	Ghan (2008) (Detail 2)	Ghan (2008) (Detail 3)

Notes:

The work:

This work began with the idea of taking a train trip through the outback, and with how even a gibber desert can be developed into something interesting. Then I began to consider how the desert has looked to the different people(s) who have passed through it.

The Ghan is is an abbreviated version of the train's previous nickname The Afghan Express (honouring the Afghan camel drivers who helped to find a way to reach Australia's interior in the late 19th century).

Australian context:

From The Ghan train website:

"Travel by rail between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin and you are embarking on one of the great train journeys of the world. Named after the Afghan cameleers who once traversed this route, The Ghan will take you from one edge of this continent to the other, through the very centre of Australia."


The Ghan Photo courtesy Great Southern Rail	Aboriginal (Tiwi man) face painting Image courtesy janesoceania

Aboriginal people from Bathurst Island (1939), one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory Photo from nationsonline	The Ghan route Image courtesy Great Southern Rail

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