Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Name: Yvonne Mandijalu
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
I was born in Broome but I lived in Bidyadanga community with my mum and dad, and my two brothers and three sisters. I liked living in Bidyadanga because I like going fishing and camping there. I moved to Perth when I was eighteen and went to Central Tafe to study New Opportunities for Women, and now I’m in Newman to be close to my grandparents.
Puntawarri “We drink water at Puntawarri. We clean and dig that waterhole. This Country is Puntawarri. My nanna, Dadda, taught me to paint this Country. Puntawarri is important because it is my pop’s, my nannas’ Read more…
Mungili “When I was young, [I would] walk around, play around, slide around on the mud. [At Mungili, there’s a] Big one [claypan] and little ones on the side. And the white gums, [where] we Read more…
