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Karrajanti Country (Walmujarli), Bush Onion-Grandfather Country

On Karrajati country, the first white settlers came pass, where my Grandfather and Family were.

Some of my Grandfathers Family members took off; got fright of the White man.

It been days and months my Father people search . As the frighten members ran a long way, never been seeing or hear.

My Grandfather and members done a search party- Days and Nights.

One day they came across a day Billabong, their seeing a lot of Bush Onion plants, seem very odd, then they came to the second Billabong, the second billabong had lots of Bush Onions plants too.

So my Grandfather and members searched the plants, what they saw was remains of Humans bones. That where they found their people. 

Categories: WARMUN ART

Name: MARK NODEA


Language: Gija


Community: Warmun


Biography:

Mark Nodea is one of the most exciting artists of his generation in Warmun today. Informed by the oral histories and culture of his Gija country and the contemporary environment his works are bold, strong and deep in character.

As a child growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s Mark was schooled in the two-way learning, founded by renowned Warmun artists including Queenie McKenzie, Hector Jandany, Jack Britten and Rover Thomas at the Ngalangangpum School, which saw the beginning of the Contemporary Art Movement in Warmun.

This two-way education gave Mark a strong grounding in Gija language and culture, alongside western education, which informs his practice today. Mark paints his mother, artist Nancy Nodea’s Ngarrgooroon country which extends around Texas Station and down South to Purnululu. In 2001 Mark produced a design for a limited edition silver dollar commemorative coin for the Royal Australian Mint, which featured a fleet-footed bounding Kangaroo. The Royal Australian Mint has only released 10 such coins since 1983.

In 2013, Mark was awarded the City of Greater Geraldton Award for Excellence at the 2013 Mid-West Art Prize. 


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