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Janbal (Quandong) is good bush tucker. We gather the fruit from August to January when they are sweet and soft. The kernel of the fruit is very pretty and we often use it to make body adornments such as necklaces and earrings.
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Janbal (Quandong) is good bush tucker. We gather the fruit from August to January when they are sweet and soft. The kernel of the fruit is very pretty and we often use it to make body adornments such as necklaces and earrings.
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The carpet snake is an important animal for us. We call it Kurriyala in our Kuku Yalanji language. Our Ancestors wrapped the meat in native ginger leaves and cooked it on the hot coals of the ground oven. They also used the skin to make head bands or skilfully sewn blankets that keep the families warm and dry at night.
Kurriyala also has spiritual significance for me. I inherited the carpet snake Totem and related cultural knowledge from my father’s side. According to our Kuku Yalanji creation stories, the carpet snake was an Ancestral Being that travelled in its human form across the country creating waterways wherever it went, including on my father’s clan lands.
In my upbringing I was taught to respect our Elders who prepared me for my future role as carrier of cultural knowledge and spiritual traditions. I was also taught the values of taking responsibility for caring for our Traditional Clan Country and help maintain it for the younger generations so they can become strong leaders.
Art is my way of keeping the cultural knowledge of my ancestors alive and passing it down to my children and grandchildren. Sharing this body of knowledge creates strong family ties and gives me my strength.
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Designed with comfort in mind the Ingrid top features three quarter length bat-wing sleeves and a long waistline. Perfect with jeans or shorts, comfortable and stylish enough for everyday wear.
This design by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon shows the Tali Tali Story.
This painting shows the artist’s Tjukurrpa, the Tali Tali Dreaming. It refers to the vast and desolate sandhills of her country near Taalalpi, which is located beyond the Kintore/Kiwikurra road near the West Australian and Northern Territory border. This is the country where her father and mother used to travel by foot when she was a young girl. The place is still of great spiritual significance to Alice and her father’s family as it contains both, personal and tribal law to which Alice relates in her work. Water has collected in between the sandhills, providing sustenance for her porcupine. The Tjikamata (porcupine) is Alice’s own personal Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). She returned to her country for a visit in late 2005.
Hand printed by Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney on 100% cotton jersey
Treat this handmade garment with love and it will love you back! Cold gentle machine wash, line dry in shade, warm iron. Avoid the tumble dryer and dry cleaner.
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Designed with comfort in mind the Ingrid top features three quarter length bat-wing sleeves and a long waistline. Perfect with jeans or shorts, comfortable and stylish enough for everyday wear.
This design by Eunice depicts her father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia.
Eunice Napanangka Jack says about the artwork:
‘This is my country. I can’t remember how it all happened, because it happened before I was born. I have a scar on my back from it. My grandfather speared a wallaby at Kuruyultu. That night he ate that wallaby. At the same time my mother could feel me moving inside her. She was heavily pregnant with me. That next morning, after my grandfather had speared the wallaby, killed it and eaten it, I was born. I was born at Kuruyultu, near the rockhole there. I can’t remember my grandfather or my grandmother. I was still a little baby. We left that place, Kuruyultu. My father, my mother, my big sister and my father’s brother, we all left together and went to Haasts Bluff. I grew up in Haasts Bluff. I have been back to Kuruyultu for visits but I never lived there again in my country. I think about it every day. Only my father knows all the stories for that country and he painted them too… all the men’s stories. I know the story of the wallaby mother and daughter which left me with a birthmark. That’s what I paint: the wallaby mother and daughter.’
Hand printed by Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney on 100% cotton jersey.
Treat this handmade garment with love and it will love you back! Cold gentle machine wash, line dry in shade, warm iron. Avoid the tumble dryer and dry cleaner.
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Family going to a waterhole for swimming in the back of the ute! Sometime we go to Glen Helen in Toyota for swimming and fishing. I love to eat fish, also kangaroo we cook em on the fire and eat them all. When the sun was getting too hot, we filled that Toyota up and go, $100 for diesel!. Everyone is happy when we go, kids racing, driving in the water. All the babies fall asleep in the car, we full of fish, tired, happy.
– Rona Rubuntja
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“When we go out bush and it is raining season, the Manguloo season, and the Country is blooming with flowers. There are many kinds of wildlfowers- there a jammi one too, which is good bush medicine. And the rivers are running. These are the colours I see when I am driving through Country.I like to capture all the colour and then paint it.” – Joylene Warrie
Our versatile hats showcase unique artwork by Juluwarlu Artists. With their wide brim and soft, comfortable design, these bucket hats are suitable for wearers of all ages, from young children to adults.
Customize the fit to your liking with the convenient drawstring, allowing you to tighten or loosen the hat to ensure a snug and comfortable fit.
This hat was created using an original artwork by Joylene Warrie.
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Designed with comfort in mind this loose fit t-shirt features three quarter length bat-wing sleeves and long waistline. Perfect with jeans or shorts, comfortable and stylish enough for everyday wear.
The story of this painting is Papa Tjukurrpa – Dog Dreaming. The country for this Tjukurrpa is at Nyuman, three hours south-west of Kintore. It is a little outstation. The dog lives at this place and can be seen as a rock. The story was handed down to the artist by her grandfather and it’s a men’s story. She paints the sandhills surrounding this country.
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These handy produce bags feature work by Keturah Zimran, and has been made with our ethical partners, Better World arts.
About the Artwork
The ancient Australian landscape with it’s eroded forms and organic shapes provides motivation for Keturah’s art. In this work Keturah depicts the natural rock formations (puli) found in and around Haasts Bluff.
Better World Arts has been operating for over two decades. They work with traditional artisans from remote regions in Kashmir, Peru, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal (Tibetan refugees). They work with Australian Aboriginal artists from remote communities across Australia, from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions, from rural locations and from cities.
Better World Arts are endorsed members of the Fair Traders Association of Australia and New Zealand.
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Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites: the landscapes at Haasts Bluff and also Karrkurrutintja (Lake McDonald). Keturah depicts her childhood memories of both places.
“The sand hills I paint are my mother’s story and the rocks I paint are my own story. My paintings are about my story and my mother’s. When I look at my paintings I feel happy. My Grandmother used to say to me when I was younger: “One day you will paint.”