Makéddja is the generic word for turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.
Name: Verity Bangarra
Language: Ndjébbana, Gunbalang
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Verity was born in Maningrida and is a Kunibidji land owner. Her mother was from Djinkarr and her father was born at Babbarra.
Verity has 7 children from the ages of 25 to 7 and she remembers bringing the oldest to the women's centre in 1998 when it was a creche as well as a creative workshop.
Verity was taught printing by the late Helen Williams, founder of the centre. Verity's totems are Lady Dreaming and Djabayéna and she also makes work about Makéddja (Turtle).
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