Name: Sarafina Jarrabina Dickie

Biography:

I born in Perth, but I grew up most in Jigalong with my family, the Sailors. Three sisters, three golden girls- Brenda, Julie, and Elisabeth, with Chrissy, Alistair and Terry. They in Perth now, but Terry still there in Jigalong. I go back there sometimes, stay there, camp there, but I live in Newman now.

My grandmother, Lorna Mintern, learn me to do painting and to make a basket when I was young- me and Corban [Clause Williams]. We grew up with Lorna, she teach us how to make a basket together.

Long time [ago] I was working with the artists and Gabrielle [Martumili’s first manager], with the old people, doing the baskets and painting before we moved into the new gallery [in 2016]. I’d ride around with her to the different communities, we’d go to the bush to get grass for the baskets. That was a long time ago, I was maybe eighteen.

I come here every day now. I like to do painting about my countryside- next to Parnngurr, other side. That’s my countryside through my pop’s side.

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