October 2024

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Moon dreaming – P.T

In the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming), Garnkiny (the moon) was a man. In the Ord River today there is a big flat red rock, called a blood rock, that was Garnkiny in the Ngarranggarni.

This is the Garnkiny Ngarranggarni – Moon Dreaming for Phyllis’ country, which lies south of Warrmarn. ‘In the dreamtime, the moon coming out of la hole, he dive down, sing out then come out. He sing, sing, sing. That the Ord River, big water, south, Mundi Mundi.’ Phyllis describes how the circles are the moon, where he (the moon) dived into a waterhole and then came out.

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Ngubuny

This is Moodu Looriny country on Alice Downs,

This is near a place we call Ngubuny (Fig Tree).

I used to go there with my family, its a healing place.

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RED BUTTE Texas Country by Charlene Carrington

Red Butte is a significant large red rock buttress located in the northern part of Ngarrgooroon Country. It is a popular place to visit because the Ord River passes close by and there is plenty of good fishing. Charlene’s family comes from Texas Downs Station, (Ngarrgooroon Country), which lies east of the Warmun Community. During the 50’s and 60’s many Gija people worked on cattle stations throughout the East Kimberley. Charlene’s grandmother, Betty Carrington worked on Texas up until the late 60’s and she knows this country well. Much of Charlene’s knowledge of this country comes from listening to Betty’s stories and going out bush with Betty and her partner Patrick Mung Mung. Charlene often visits Red Butte with her family and extended family. It is the subject of many of her paintings.

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Ngapuny (Jesus) in Bow River

Every time I see theis pace I tell myself this is God’s country and the beautiness of it I feel so blessed to see country so much aline and that God himslef provide fish for us when we ask in prayer. I see myuself one on one with the Lord our Creator in this place his spirit is there. I thank God for giving such a beautiful country to the Late Joe Thomas and his families and generations to come. 

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Bow River Country, Kathy Ramsay

This is Bow River County.

My family has a strong history of this place. My grandfather Timmy Timms (Snr) named the dams here redrock damn, and the redrock itself called redrock and the damn near the hill is called marringarnji dam, meaning where dingos come to drink water with the horses and cattle.

My families has drovin’ histories and traditional stories both.

The road is called the old Wyndham road back in the early days. In nowadays it’s been graded.

My ancestors used to live anywhere here, at camping areas near the river beds. They used to live off the land eating kangaroo, porcupine, all sorts of bush foods.

We are so blessed God gave us boundaries to keep and to hold our future generation children to have and to hold.

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NGARGAROON COUNTRY (TEXAS)

Patrick’ s knowledge of his country and his cultural memory of family, land and work are powerfully linked in his art work. In this artwork Patrick has painted the landscape and the places that are associated with his country, Ngarrgooroon (Texas); these places are very special to him as some areas still contains old cultural rock paintings and important dreamtime stories. These places include Red Butte, Horse Creek and Meriyin. Patrick has been to each and everyone of these places along with his wife, children, grandchildren as well as great grandchildren. Patrick is a Senior artist and elder within Warmun Community.

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NUGUWARRDING (Snake Dreaming) – Tommy Carroll

This painting tells a story about NUGUWARRDING, that rainbow serpent, who travelled and lived around this area now called Doon Doon. Tommy says, “He went up to my grandfather’s country at the back of Speewah where there are gorges and rock holes.”

The solid circles represent the water holes in this area and the fluid lines are the hills around Doon Doon.

Tommy continues, “the story of this place was told to me when I was a young fella by my grandfather and his father. This snake was a father for this country, he traveled all over, sometimes he would stay for a few days then he would leave and pass through the next water place and stayed a bit longer.”