The less flattering name is water rat. This is our largest nature rodent. Walking around the shepparton lake at dusk, I saw 3 of these cute little fellows. They life in fresh and blackish water, eating fish, frogs, mussels, crustations and small branches. They are nocturnal.
Name: Roslyn Lockhart
Language: Paakantyi, Yorta Yorta, Wamba Wamba
Biography:
Roslyn Lockhart is proud Barkindji, Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta woman. Roslyn has been blessed with a rich immersion in family and culture. Painting is just another way to express her culture. Painting is away to look at the things loved, taken for granted or neglected with a fresh pair of eyes. Roslyn uses art to say, what is hard to say with words. She paints portraits and the natural world around her.
Squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) This big eyed little fellow is a nocternal gliding possum, Thought to be extinct in South Australia since 1939 until DNA tests showed they still inhabit the area. They live in Read more…
Emu (Kalthi) My memory was when I was 13 years old attending my great grandmothers funeral. For the wake we had emu in a hole cooked the traditinal way. I remember loving it, rich dark Read more…
Fed Up “This piece was created from a deep exhaustion – an exhaustion with being Aboriginal and with the complicated reality of being “white-passing”. There are moments when my indigeneity becomes public property, when I’m Read more…