“This whole place has nickel and copper under the ground.
Irrunytju Community (Minyma Kutjava) grandfathers place all my mother’s family are there, too many still there.”
Name: Roxanne Newberry
Community: Punmu
Biography:
My name is Roaxanne Newberry I'm from Warakurna. I've been painting for a few years now. I was watching my sister Cynthia Burke and my mother Jorna Newberry paint I'd sometimes help them with their painting. It gave me some ideas for my painting. I love doing aerial landscapes of my fathers Country. I was watching Cynthia weave at Tjanpi Desert Weavers then I decided to do my own. When I'm painting or weaving I forget about everything and everyone forget about my worries, it makes me feel like me.
Puntawarri Country “This is Puntawarri country. That Nyiyaparli creek, Kupayiyura (Savory Creek), coming into putijarra country. Kupayiyura goes to kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment). All the jurnu (soakwaters0 are along the side of the creek: how many… Read more…
Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Read more…
Coongan Waters “This is that place where the water stops and has pools in the dry season. You can see that gold across there and the gemstones, all gemstones, these ones next to the gold, Read more…