This is about Gogo station on the old road. When I was young we were living there. We used to collect the coloured rocks from the hills, all different colours. Our mothers too and parents collected stones. We would gift it to our teachers and people as a gift from our country.
Walkarli is situated in the great sandy desert ,a special place to my family a place when the seven sisters ascended to the sky and became the the system we now know as palates
Walkarli is situated in the great sandy desert ,a special place to my family a place when the seven sisters ascended to the sky and became the the system we now know as palates
Walkarli is situated in the great sandy desert ,a special place to my family a place when the seven sisters ascended to the sky and became the the system we now know as palates
Walkarli is situated in the great sandy desert ,a special place to my family a place when the seven sisters ascended to the sky and became the the system we now know as palates
Walkarli is situated in the great sandy desert ,a special place to my family a place when the seven sisters ascended to the sky and became the the system we now know as palates
This shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja.
Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.
“This is my country, my view of country.”
The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.
