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Pilbara Land scape

The Pilbara is a land of many beautiful colours Its beauty blends into the mother earth and against the red,purple hills in the distance.in time and season the yellow wattles,mulla and sturt pea take its toll as the country comes alive with the wild flowers watered by the rain and heavy due during the night.Land and our country also tells a wonderful story about our ancestor’s they walk and lived on the land always gathering food such as fish from the river,hunting kangaroo’s,emu and trcking goanna’s also gathering bush fruits and medicine.

Categories: Yinjaa-Barni Art

Name: Madeline Sandy


Language: Yindjibarndi



Biography:

Madeline Sandy, is daughter of Yinjaa-Barni artist Wendy Darby. Through her mother she is Martu mob from Western Desert and she is Yindjibarndi through her fathers side. Madeline was born in Hedland and grew up in Roebourne.  

Madeline enjoys painting the gum trees because it reminds her of spending time with her old people. She uses branches and leaves from the local trees to create a pattern that she can then dot in her design. She also enjoys painting landscapes.  


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