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Night Herons

Our ancestors did paintings in caves that show these animals. The Night Herons cry at night to keep warm. The round circles are the eggs. Wungurr is the water snake that is the protector of the river and creeks so they won’t get dry. The dots represent the rain. There are hunting tools such as spears and boomerangs used for hunting kangaroo and digging sticks for roots and the yam plant. Aboriginal people painted these things long time ago. The water snake is good for eating, so are the yams.

Categories: WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS

Name: Veronica Djanghara

Language: Wunambal

Community: Kalumburu

Biography:

Veronica was born in Kalumburu, when the nuns were also the nurses, and is one of fourteen children. Veronica's Dreaming is the Porcupine (Echidna) that shouts out at night.

Veronica's father was a stockman droving from place to place from Kalumburu to Landsdowne. He came to Kalumburu and met Veronica's mother at 16, and they got married there. He was also was a skilled dancer at corroboree. His brother Waigan Djanghara, was a famous painter whose work has been included in national gallery collections. Veronica began to paint in her 40s, inspired by Kalumburu artist and sister Sylvia Djanghara. 

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