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Yurri Barra ‘Full Moon Hunt’

This painting represents hunting Kangaroo on a full moon,. The ancestors would hunt kangaroo on a full moon because of the silver shimmer it would create on the kangaroos grey back, making it easier to see in the dark. This painting also represents the kangaroo and its traditional meaning. When the kangaroo would have its young the women would try to have the next Burrais ‘Babies’. The Kangaroo represents abundance, when they breed the country is thriving in resources. 

Categories: Kaiela Arts Shepparton

Name: Dylan Charles

Language: Yorta Yorta

Biography:

I grew up in Shepparton and spent many years with family at Cummeragunja (Barmah).  I learnt how to get Bardi Grubs with my Grand Dad but he passed away when I was four years old. I learned the majority of my culture from my Uncle (Mum’s Brother) and he is still teaching me now. I spent a told of time at the Charles/Walker bend of  Dungala (Murry River) second on the left hand side! When I was younger going to the ochre mines was a really spiritual experience for me and also going to the sandhills where our law and initiation took place over time.

I like to interpret from the stars because our Nan told us that the stars are our map and so I like to reference the night sky in my work….. like the Emu in the sky. I like to imagine that I am looking from above – a birds eye view! I also like to mirror that view – the land and sky in the one view in my work, which represents the connection between the sky and the earth.

I look to use ochre in my paintings because it feels more connected to my traditions. It has a spiritual feel for me.

My Uncle Shane has always told me I am from the Dulunyagan bloodline to Ulupna. Our language group in Yorta Yorta and this language is classed as endangered due to colonisation and language and culture being forbidden.

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