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Old Laddie with Birds

This beautiful silk scarf is based on original artworks by Mrs Inkamala, of her grandmother – Old Laddie.

‘I remember when I was little walking in the bush with my grandma, Old Laddie. She taught me everything about the bush. We would go hunting looking for goanna, perentie, tjaapa [witchety], langkwa [bush banana] and mpaltjarta [wild orange]. We love to eat bush foods. She always try to bring some bush tucker back home to share with everyone. It makes everyone happy eating bush food.  It makes Old Laddie happy to share with everyone.

When i was little girl they gave us tea, sugar, milk, tin of meat, flour and little bit of clothes. My father worked on his own country and he only got rations. Never money. He said “This is my country, why don’t I get little bit of money”?

We were selling boomerangs and camel rides to make a little bit of money. Really sad no money, just rations and a little bit of clothes.

But really happy walking around the bush looking with Old Laddie. If it’s too high up I always climb up the tree looking for langkwa [bush banana] and mpaltjarta [wild orange] and black berries. I had skinny legs back then when I walked with Old Laddie. I was really happy walking in the bush with Old Laddie and our dilly bags.’

Town Camp Designs is a collection of products created by Ewyenper Atwatye, Tangentyere Artists and Yarrenyty Arltere Artists. Yarrenyty Arltere Artists is a 100% Aboriginal owned and run art centre. All sales directly support the artists, with all profit going towards artists fees and future projects. 

100% silk, printed in Australia, approx 45 x 170 cm. If you look after your scarf it will last for years!

Hand wash in cold water. Mix a very small amount of a delicate laundry liquid in cold water. Swirl scarf in the water. Do not soak. Rinse in cold water, remove all laundry liquid. To dry – do not wring, remove excess water by pressing between a towel. Dry flat in shade. If you would like to iron, use the silk setting / coolest setting.

Name: Trudy Inkamala


Language: Arrernte, Luritja


Community: Jay Creek


Biography:

Trudy was born at Hamilton Downs, North West of Alice Springs. Her father worked at Hamilton Downs Station in the garden growing vegetables for the youth camp. Trudy says it was a happy place to live. She remembers helping her Nanna gather the wood so they could do all the washing. She helped her Nanna cook bullock meat everyday for the station. When Trudy went to school at Ntaria (Hermannsburg) she met her husband. She lived with her husband at Jay Creek; which is also her country. Her country runs from Stanley Chasm all the way to old Glen Helen Station. As a kid Trudy would go into this beautiful country with her family. They would pick bush tucker and her grandmother Laddy would teach her all the stories from that place. Trudy is an important and respected elder in her community. She is a role model and spokeswoman for her people. Her mother, her two sisters and herself along with ‘some other strong people’, set up Yipirinya School to celebrate and nurture the Aboriginal kids of Alice Springs. Since her husband passed away in 2014 Trudy has traveled everyday on the school bus to work side by side with her sister Dulcie Sharpe at the art centre. Doing art is her new joy she says, a way forward for the kids.


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