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Munni Munni Hills

As I grew up my mum and dad would take me through country telling me stories of the hills that we call Munni Munni hills. We would walk near from where we lived just to tell stories of this great hill.

Name: Pansy Hicks


Language: Ngarluma


Community: Roebourne


Biography:

My name is Pansy Hicks. I am a Ngarluma Elder, one of the two remaining traditional owners of the Ngarluma land, the land of the Saltwater people.

I’ve been painting for a long time. I paint about Munni-Munni Hill, that’s over Cheeritha way. It’s got some carvings there too… but that’s a man’s site… I can’t say about that.

That hill looks like a zebra. That’s why we call it Munni-Munni Hill.

I also paint ‘Stepping Stones – When The World Was Soft’. That’s about when our ancestors were here, a long time ago.

I like painting, you know when you’re feeling down or got worries… then painting will help you.


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