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BOORNOOLOOLOO (PURNULULU) – PATRICK MUNG MUNG
‘That one Boornoolooloo (Purnululu) – Bungle Bungle Country,’ Patrick Mung Mung says.
Through his late father, senior Gija leader and esteemed cross-cultural communicator George Mung Mung, Patrick is a traditional owner of the world heritage listed Boornoolooloo (Purnululu). Of this work Patrick says, ‘That’s all that sandy hill country with green grasses and the old people used to live there in the old days like a village,’
Patrick was born at Spring Creek and grew up on Texas Downs Station, where he worked as a proud stockman before becoming an artist. He mustered all over this Country and South into Boornoolooloo where he often went during holiday time with his family. Patrick was among the last Aboriginal stockman to leave Texas in the 1970’s after the introduction of equal wages.
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Banana Springs
“This story is about Banana Spring near Texas Down Station. My mum and Dad and the families from Texas Downs Station used to go out for the hunting and fishing. And also camping out. They used to call it dinner camp, because there they would always tell stories about different places, and they would tell us where their birth place was out bush.” – Jane Yalunga
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Old Mabel Downs Station
“This is the story about when my old people where living in the cave, and those two there on top were sitting there well before the Gadia came and put a station on this land.
The new station would be called Mabel Downs, and that old man, the old man who had been there before, found that Gadia building things so he came down and asked for a job. He asked for his wife and him. But they never been give a job to that old lady girl – only him.
When they built the new station, well he bin come into work all the time. And they said to each other, “all right, thank you” “Darmaluk” that means thank you.
They shake hands now, come together you know? Gadia and old man, our old people here, come together in good way. Work together, you know? Happy together.
Old people, before then, they didn’t have house – you can hear by brother sing there too, learning from my dad, you know, looking for food and a good place to camp.”
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Bush Tucker
When I was schooling in Warmun every year after wet season my grandmother and Great grandmother would take us out every day after school for bush tucker and bush medicines. They would teach us about how to collect bush tucker right time of year.
Sometimes they show us what sort of bush medicine to collect and then take us home to show us how to prepare for different kids of illnesses such as for sores, flues, colds and wound healing by putting in our bogies (bath).
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WINUBA – EVELYN MALGIL
‘This is my family place. Hot water spring and cold water spring. That big hill on the background is my family place. That water live all year ’round. That little sand frog, it live for a long time.’ This place is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) site for the sand frog. The waterhole at Winuba holds water all through the Dry season.
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WINUBA – EVELYN MALGIL
‘This is my family place. Hot water spring and cold water spring. That big hill on the background is my family place. That water live all year ’round. That little sand frog, it live for a long time.’ This place is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) site for the sand frog. The waterhole at Winuba holds water all through the Dry season.
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Argyle Diamond Mind Rehab
This painting is about the closure of Argyle mine – the right hand side depicts the devastation caused by the site, and the left hand side depicts how we would would like it to be rehabilitated for our future generations.
The current rehabilitation project started in 2020 and we can see some positive changes, however we know that our land will never be the same again.
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Argyle Diamond Mind Rehab
This painting is about the closure of Argyle mine – the right hand side depicts the devastation caused by the site, and the left hand side depicts how we would would like it to be rehabilitated for our future generations.
The current rehabilitation project started in 2020 and we can see some positive changes, however we know that our land will never be the same again.