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Middens on Ngarluma Country

The Ngarluma people are saltwater people. Our ancestors would go to the beach and fish and look for shellfish. They would make a fire and cook their catch in the coals. Then they would pile the ash and the bones and the shells in a heap to keep the beach tidy. Our mums and dads took us fishing in the same places and we take our kids there today. And we leave our ash and bones in the same place as our ancestors. So you find big middens around Ngarluma country, but especially near the seaside.

Categories: Wangaba Roebourne Art Group

Name: Kathy Samson

Language: Ngarluma

Community: Wickham

Biography:

My name is Kathy Samson and I am a Ngarluma woman. I was born in Roebourne in 1964.

I paint about the Ngarluma seaside and the coast line, and I also paint about the seeds and bush tucker across the lands of the Ngarluma people. My art is from my heart, I like telling the stories of how I see it through my eyes of dreaming.

Kathy is a multiple award winner including the 2011 Port Hedland Art Award Judges' Award.

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