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Kangaroo Rock Dreaming (Norton Bore)

This is the kangaroo rock at Norton Bore. Old people would rub this rock when they wanted to go hunting and kangaroos would come out at Violet Valley and Norton Bore. If you go there now, you’ll see all of the kangaroos still around these places, all kinds of kangaroos, red kangaroos, ones with white chests.

These are two shelters made out of trees and leaves, when the old people were hunting they would hide in these shelters with their spears and when the kangaroos came they would spear them for feed. 

Categories: WARMUN ART

Name: Tatum Rivers - Purdie


Community: Warmun


Biography:

Tatum Rivers was born in 1994

Her parents are Madeline Purdie a third generation Warmun artist and Ronald Rivers from Halls Creek area.

Tatum is the granddaughter of Warmun artist Shirley Purdie and Great granddaughter of the late Madigan Thomas.

Tatum Rivers is a fourth generation Warmun Artist.

Tatum first started painting in 2021 and likes to paint the stories that she has learnt from her Great grandmother Madigan, grandmother Shirley and mother Madeline. These are stories from Guda Guda Country and they depict the Country, the history and the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) from that place.

Tatum has three brothers, Curtis Morgan, Neil Morgan and Spencer Morgan. Curtis and Spencer live in Warmun, Neil lives in Broome.

Tatum is a proud partner to Preston Gallagher/ Dolby and a very proud mother to her only son Bryce Gallagher - Purdie.

Tatum has two nieces and a nephew Kendall, Elaynah and Malakai Morgan

 

 


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