These film and sound portraits of famous Australian artists show the interconnected world of art in Australia.

Celebrating Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Directed by Tim Burstall.

Djiwul (Jack) Wunuwun cuts bark from a tree in the bush, with an axe. The narrator (David Gulpilil) says the best time to get the bark is in the wet season.

Jack Wunuwun grinds the red ochre and applies the paint to his bark painting about the Morning Star. Summary by Liz McNiven.