#Wajarri art

An Indigenous Australian painting with bright pink-orange dots abstractly placed across the middle fo the canvas with shades of blue above and shades of orange below.

Ngarlbugala 2023 ASKAP update

Aidan and James unwrap ASKAP’s newest gift to the research community: new software to help reveal more on our galactic neighbours.

Two women place their hands on a painting

Special event: SKAO Council visit

In October, we welcomed the SKAO Council to Australia with a visit to the observatory and our locations in Perth.

Man in a pale blue business shirt and khaki pants (Minister Husic) shakes the hand of Wajarri artist Susan Merry wearing a bright purple and orange shirt with Aboriginal artwork adorning it. Susan is holding a painting in Aboriginal dot art style representing the colouring night sky and the red Earth tones of Wajarri Country with black dotted representations of the Christmas tree-like SKA-Low antennas.

Summer 2022 Australian SKA Office update

Ben Scandrett shares the Hon Minister Husic's reaction to a special gift and thanks everyone involved in the finalisation of the new ILUA for the observatory site.

Summer 2022 SKA-Low update

Ant Schinckel tells us all about the milestone construction commencement ceremony held earlier in December, including the special gift he received of a Wajarri digging stick.

A man and a woman in front of large cabinets containing supercomputers. The cabinets are covered in a large format Indigenous dot painting featuring yellows, reds, oranges, and browns.

Autumn 2022 Pawsey update

Welcome Pawsey as another new regular contributor to MRO News. Executive Director Mark Stickells shares an update on their powerful new supercomputer Setonix (along with amazing Wajarri art) inside.