First Knowledges Design: Building on Country Indian Crafts Pearling quickly became a ruthless

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First Knowledges Design: Building on Country Indian Crafts Pearling quickly became a ruthlessAboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied