This is a big waterhole. Rain runs into the waterhole. This is good water. My people and my family lives in the desert for many years when rain season comes the waterholes use to be full by rain.
Name: ROSIE UHL - (DEC)
Language: Wangkajunga
Community: Wangkajungka
Biography:
Hi my name is Rosie Uhl. I'm a Wangkajunka and Walmajarri lady. l live at Guwardi nursing home in Fitzroy Crossing, although my real home is Christmas Creek Station, also called Kurungal. l was born during the cold time of year, in 1945, at the Station. Living on the station was a good life, with old people teaching how to hunt, teaching how to dance, and telling us stories about the desert . I went to Fitzroy School for a little while then went back home to Kurungal. As a young woman l started work as a house keeper. There I met my late husband Tiger Uhl, we lived together had four children, one girl and three boys. I'm now a great great grandmother. I looked after my sister's daughter, Lisa Uhl. My cousin-sister was the late Dolly Snell. Both are great artists.
DRY LAND This is the dry season. When it gets dry every goes brown, even the grass and leaves in the trees. And also the billabong gets dry with only a little bit of Read more…
Ripples This is about the Fitzroy River and how it changes colour with the different seasons. It becomes a golden muddy colour as the river rises during the wet.
Barramundi “Martuwarra is my river country; this painting is all about the Fitzroy River which flows down through Noonkanbah. l grew up along the Fitzroy Riverside and we used to catch all kinds of fish for Read more…