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Contact ILIRI

A Map of New South Wales with Fowlers Gap indicated.
A Map of New South Wales with Fowlers Gap indicated. The trip from Sydney by train to Broken Hill takes 14 hours.

By email:the ILIRI office

iliri@cofa.unsw.edu.au

Second email:

Louise Fowler-Smith (Senior Lecturer)
l.fowler-smith@unsw.edu.au

By Telephone:

Australian callers dial: Louise Fowler-Smith.
0413 692 033


International callers dial
6 2 0413 692 033

By Post:

ILIRI Research Centre
College of Fine Arts
The University of New South Wales
PO Box 259
Paddington, NSW 2021,
AUSTRALIA

Visitors to Paddington Campus

F-Block, Room F203 or F207
Selwyn St
Paddington, Sydney

A convoy of vans and 4-wheel drive vehicles on the 2006 Field trip.
A convoy of vans and 4-wheel drive vehicles on the 2006 Field trip.

Information about Fowler's Gap

Email:
fowlersgap@unsw.edu.au
By Mail:
The Director
UNSW Arid Zone Field Station
Fowler's Gap
Via Broken Hill NSW 2880
Australia

By Telephone:
Australian callers:
08 8091 3809 (business hours) or 08 8091 2511 (after hours or general enquiries)
International callers:
61 8 8091 3809 (business hours) or 61 8 8091 2511 (after hours or general enquiries)

http://www.fowlersgap.unsw.edu.au

Dr Idris Murphy at work in the Outback.
Dr Idris Murphy at work in the Outback.

COFA ILIRI Elective Field Trips

A strong team of ILIRI artists on staff at COFA teach the students on the field trips to Fowler's Gap and other locations in the area. Instructors include Dr Idris Murphy, Louise Fowler-Smith and Peter Sharp. Other experts in the field meet with the ILIRI groups, such as eminent Aboriginal elder and artist Badger Bates, and the director of Fowlers Gap Research Station, scientist Dr David Croft. Day trips are organised to Mutawintji, Euriowie Gorge, Kinchega National Park. Groups include both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and often staff from other COFA departments. Artists-in-Residence are also available for discussions. There is a rich exchange of knowledge on these ventures.

The trip from Sydney to Broken Hill, the nearest town to Fowler's Gap, takes 14 hours by train, or two days by car. The climate in this semi-arid region varies from very hot in summer to bitterly cold in winter.