‘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.
‘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.
This is one of many stories that takes place in Pikinini George that is in the Bungle Bungles. She paints this painting seen from a bird’s eye view, there is a round opening in this George that is seen on the top of the painting.
The yellow hill shape that sits within the middle of the painting Phyllis describes as a sand ground, the two grey lines that are on each sides of the sand ground are the water that flows out of this bit of island. The black parts in this scene are also described as water .
The hill shape figures that sits besides the sand ground are small rocky edges. This was one of many places where her and family members would go out and have a picnic together.
Back in the early days my mum and dad went up to this hill to look for Porcupine we call it (Bargabul) black name they found one on top of this hill it was in a small hole they tried so hard to dig it out but it kept on going in the hole and all these annoying blow flies came swarming all over their faces they was annoyed by them so they both left the bargabul and went back home to the station.
This story was told to me by my mum Mona Ramsay.
Warlawoon Country near elgee cliff.
This story was told to me by my big brother Rammie ad old people of these country told him stories about this place. they said men and young boys were’nt allowed near this big water hole they had to be painted in ashes so that the bush woman won’t see them. But they really send woman and girls to go fetch water for them.
‘this is my mothers side Country called Goorndalngany’
This painting shows Gordon’s mother’s country. Gordon mustered cattle all throughout this country for many years – the way his father taught him to.
He often paints the hills which connects his to his mother’s country.
As growing up me and my family used to go looking for gold and we put it in Milk Tins and bury the tins under ground, til we need it for rations or buy a Toyota for whole family to go bush. The Warmun mob used to come visit us [at Yarrunga Chinamen’s Garden] for a few days, sometimes weeks. When that flood come we run up. Run to Halls Creek. We been camp then, camping there and go back, back Chinamen Garden. We been go there and camp, and see that cement where them houses used to be. That cement on the side, and that hole in the middle where houses used to be. They’re building now, building for us. I did them [painting] in Halls Creek. That’s my memory, Chinamen Garden after the flood, when I been in Halls Creek.
In this works Tara explains:
‘The hand represents Aboriginal and white people working together. White people taught Aboriginal people about Religion.
The sun is the Spirit of God
The heart represents the heart of God, because he loved all of us so much that he gave his only son to die on the cross for our sins.
The cross represents the cross that Jesus died on for our sins.
Purnlulu is in the East Kimberley Region, the Bungle Bungles.’
This is the country of Horseman Valley that is located in Texas Station “This is my dad’s country” The hills that the artist has included within the background is a very significant place for Evelyn, for as long as she can remember these hills are from the dreaming.
The blue tongue lizard known as the Loomoogoo (blue tongue lizard) in Gija, Evevlyn says that long ago the loomoogoo walked through this country, he belonged to this country. This was where he stopped – in Horseman Valley then turned into hills. Today this hill of the blue tongue lizard is still there today in Texas country.
“We call him Darrajayin this one. Springvale. All this country, this is Darrajayin. This (black forms) is making, putting all them trees right around the house. This lot, when I been start working. Working for that Mrs. Goldie, when Mrs. Goldie was here…in that place, that Darrajayin. All Darrajayin, this one. That’s the road going to bedford Downs (brown corner). This one (black circular form), that’s me, sitting down. That’s the Ngarranggarni one, Goollabal… Snake, Rainbow One.”