The beautiful lands of Ngarluma Country.
Name: Violet Samson
Language: Ngarluma
Community: Roebourne
Biography:
My name is Violet Samson. My mother and father were Ngarluma. I was born in Cheeritha Station in 1949.
I am a Ngarluma Elder, one of the remaining two traditional owners of the Ngarluma lands, the land of the Saltwater People.
I started painting in 2007. I like painting about mining companies and wildflowers and seeds and waterholes. I am also using glass to tell my stories.
Stepping Stones When the world was soft… when everything began… these are the stepping stones as the ancestors walked across the world… long time ago… before we was born… you know… when the world was Read more…
Munni Munni Hills When I was a little girl I walked around my parents camps where we grew up, they worked the station. I would look after the station owners children at Munni Munni Hills.
Stepping Stones When the world was soft… when everything began… these are the stepping stones as the ancestors walked across the world… long time ago… before we was born… you know… when the world was Read more…