Thepa ntjaarra (birds)
Thepa irnaka antjua mpaaranha. Birds that nest in trees.
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Ilpatjina (Donkey)
We call ilpatjina ‘long ears.’ The word for ‘ear’ is ‘ilpa’ and donkeys are referred to as ‘long ears’ or ilpatjina. They came here with white people. There are lots over Areyonga way.
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Tuakitja (honey eater)
Little yellow and grey honey eaters, come up to the windows and play, they are always by themselves, but they must have a friend nearby.
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Lyarra-lyarra (wren)
Lyarra-lyarra lyauwulhama, kanha nurna etnanha wuma. Wrens hide themselves, but we hear them chatter.
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Inpinpa (Yellow Bird)
These little yellow birds live all around this country.
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About the Pottery Ladies
This is the old potters sitting at the creek in Palm Valley near Jesus Footprint. I was inspired by an old photo of them and I told my mum “I been made a pot so people can remember how much them old potters done”. I always think to put old photos on pot, and now I done it.
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Urlpaatja (Port Lincoln parrot)
Urlpaatjala rraatninga anga ilkuma. Port Lincoln parrots eat wild passionflower seeds.
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Family Picnic
Whole lot family going for swimming. We all going. Some going for withcety grub, some going for swimming. We going in Toyotas. It was a cloudy day and it was weekend. We just going for the day, not sleep. Me and my partner watching Layla and Dean and Dean’s friends swimming. Josie and Netty, they went for witchetty grubs with other families. Karen mob is cooking kangaroo tail.
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Kukalala (white cockatoo)
Kukalala – women use the feathers at ceremony time.
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Family Picnic
Whole lot family going for swimming. We all going. Some going for withcety grub, some going for swimming. We going in Toyotas. It was a cloudy day and it was weekend. We just going for the day, not sleep. Me and my partner watching Layla and Dean and Dean’s friends swimming. Josie and Netty, they went for witchetty grubs with other families. Karen mob is cooking kangaroo tail.