Aurukun moves forward

Aurukun moves forward

By Aurukun Mayor Dereck Walpo Aurukun Shire Council is beginning to see our strategies to create employment in our community take shape with refurbishment projects using local labour and interest from companies wanting to set up business in the township. While the...
Brisbane buyers snap up Aurukun art

Brisbane buyers snap up Aurukun art

Aurukun’s famous sculptures and paintings are being snapped up by Brisbane art lovers with seven pieces bought on the first day of an exhibition at the Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Aurukun Mayor Dereck Walpo said Wik and Kugu artists David Marpoondin, Lex, Bevan, Leigh...
Aurukun ladies get creative

Aurukun ladies get creative

Stories of childhood, families and country unfolded in Aurukun as the community’s women got together to participate in the Women’s Painting and Weaving Workshop over the past two weeks. Aurukun Shire Mayor Dereck Walpo said the resulting paintings were a credit to the...