“I paint these stories about gathering and hunting in saltwater Country; String rays, turtles, fish. Bidyadanga that’s my home, i feel free camping and going out bush, swimming, gathering oysters, mud-worms and hermit crabs.”
– Colleen Jadai
Coleen paints salt water cCuntry and dream time stories, all the stories that the old people taught her growing up in the Kimberley community of Bidyadanga.
Name: Colleen Jadai
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
Coleen was born up North in Broom and grew up in la Grange mission, which later became the community now know as Bidyadanga on Karajarri Country. She paints salt water country and dream time stories, all the old stories that the old people taught her.
"I paint these stories about gathering and hunting in saltwater Country; String rays, turtles, fish. Bidyadanga that's my home, i feel free camping and going out bush, swimming, gathering oysters, mud-worms and hermit crabs. My grandmother was a Karajarri woman she taught me and other old people too. In Bidyadanga the old people would sing out to the dolphins and the dolphins would bring the fish in for everyone."
Two Countries: Kun Kun (Kuny-Kuny) and Nganjirr “Grandfather’s Country, not far from Well 33, called Nganjirr. Not far, [you] can go up by car. Go camping there. When it rains, fills up, then is dry. Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living- it’s all of their ngurra (home Country, camp). It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All Read more…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) “We went to Kunawarritji. We went out to see the waterholes with Kumpaya [Girgirba], my aunty – my dad’s sister. It’s the first time I went in a chopper Read more…