The Ngarluma Ancestors walked the lands crossing rivers to find food and to camp. They used the stepping stones to cross parts of beautiful Ngarluma Country
Name: Pansy Hicks
Language: Ngarluma
Community: Roebourne
Biography:
My name is Pansy Hicks. I am a Ngarluma Elder, one of the two remaining traditional owners of the Ngarluma land, the land of the Saltwater people.
I’ve been painting for a long time. I paint about Munni-Munni Hill, that’s over Cheeritha way. It’s got some carvings there too… but that’s a man’s site… I can’t say about that.
That hill looks like a zebra. That’s why we call it Munni-Munni Hill.
I also paint ‘Stepping Stones – When The World Was Soft’. That’s about when our ancestors were here, a long time ago.
I like painting, you know when you’re feeling down or got worries… then painting will help you.
Stepping Stones When the world was soft… when everything began… these are the stepping stones as the ancestors walked across the world… long time ago… before we was born… you know… when the world was Read more…
Munni Munni Hills When I was a little girl I walked around my parents camps where we grew up, they worked the station. I would look after the station owners children at Munni Munni Hills.
Stepping Stones When the world was soft… when everything began… these are the stepping stones as the ancestors walked across the world… long time ago… before we was born… you know… when the world was Read more…