Editing Canning Stock Route (section)

===The Canning Stock Route Project===
The Canning Stock Route has a strong connection to the story of Aboriginal art in the Western Desert.<ref name="nmaDrawing">[http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/drawing_a_line/ Drawing a line in the sand: The Canning Stock Route and contemporary art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726080202/http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/drawing_a_line/ |date=26 July 2011 }}, [[National Museum of Australia]]</ref> When droving along the stock route led to many family groups dispersing to the edges of the desert, communities were established in missions, towns, stations and settlements, and it was here that contemporary painting movements flourished.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/stories_recorded_in_paint/ |title=Stories recorded in paint: Listening to Country, National Museum of Australia |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321213033/http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/stories_recorded_in_paint/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
In 2006, Western Australian independent cultural organisation [[Form (arts organisation)|Form]] instigated a contemporary arts and cultural initiative to "explore the complex history of the Canning Stock Route through the prism of contemporary Aboriginal art".<ref>[http://www.form.net.au/aboriginal-development/canning-stock-route-project/history FORM: Canning Stock Route Project, History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227184812/https://www.form.net.au/aboriginal-development/canning-stock-route-project/history |date=27 February 2011 }}, accessed 4 June 2011</ref> Partnerships among nine art centres and communities with direct connections to the stock route region were set up. The project involved several years of research by Form in collaboration with Aboriginal artists and their art centres and organisations.<ref name="form">[http://www.form.net.au/aboriginal-development/canning-stock-route-project FORM: Canning Stock Route Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925171531/http://www.form.net.au/aboriginal-development/canning-stock-route-project |date=25 September 2011 }}, accessed 4 June 2011</ref>
 
A major part of the project's program of bush work was a six-week, {{convert|1850|km|adj=on}} desert journey from Wiluna to Billiluna. During this trip, and in follow-up workshops and other trips, 80 artists created a collection of paintings, contemporary cultural objects and documentary material.<ref>[http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/museum/ Yiwarra Kuju: From the Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919022144/http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yiwarra_kuju/museum/ |date=19 September 2011 }}, [[National Museum of Australia]], accessed 4 June 2011</ref>

The historical and artistic value of the project was recognised in 2008 when the [[National Museum of Australia]] decided to acquire the entire Canning Stock Route Project collection.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/media/media_releases_index/museum_acquires_canning_stock_route_collection/ |title="National Museum acquires Canning Stock Route Collection", National Museum of Australia media release, 19 March 2009 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=2 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402143240/http://www.nma.gov.au/media/media_releases_index/museum_acquires_canning_stock_route_collection/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The language groups identified during the project,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canningstockrouteproject.com/history/story-aboriginal-guides/|title=Story, Aboriginal Guides|access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref> as being crossed by the stock route, or adjacent to it are identified as:
(from the south)

:[[Kiyajarra]]<ref>{{Citation | author1=Klokeid, T. J. (Terry Jack) | title=Language elicitation, stories and music from the Pilbara (KLOKEID_T01) | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/193252737 | access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
:[[Putijarra]]<ref>{{Citation | author1=James, Diana, (film director,) | author2=Macdonald, Caro, (filmmaker,) | author3=Martu Media | author4=Australian Research Council, (sponsoring body) | title=Living in the desert : welcome to Putijarra country | publication-date=2011 | publisher=Martu Media and Australian National University | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/217995324 | access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
:[[Kartujarra]]<ref>{{Citation | author1=Burgman, Albert | title=Kartujarra dictionary and topical finder lists 2005 | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre | edition=Draft | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152093271 | access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>
:[[Manyjilyjarra]]
:[[Warnman people|Warnman]]
:[[Wangkajunga]]
:[[Nyangajarra]]<ref>{{Citation | author1=Davenport, Sue | title=Going back on our footprints.(Desmond Taylor's oral history project with Martu family from Western Desert) | journal=Australian Aboriginal Studies | publication-date=2003-09-22 | publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | volume=2003 | issue=2 | pages=102 | issn=0729-4352}}</ref>
:[[Walmajarri|Juwaliny]]
:[[Walmajarri]]
:[[Kukatja (Western Australia)|Kukatja]]
:[[Djaru]]<ref>{{Citation | author1=Tsunoda, Tasaku | title=Fieldnotes on Djaru (Jaru), Wanyjira, Nyininy, Malngin, Ngardi, Mudburra and Gidja; A Tentative Word List of Malngin, Wanyjirra and Ngardi | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/228852547 | access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>