Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Name: Jenny Butt
Biography:
Jenny grew up with family in Bidyadanga, a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Jenny went to school in Darwin at St Johns College, then returned to live in Bidyadanga. She enjoys traveling to see family, regularly travelling to Parnngurr Aboriginal community (Cotton Creek), located within the Martu homelands, and 370km east of Newman. Here she visits her grandmother's side of the family; brothers and sisters living in Parnngurr.
Jamparri to Kulijatukujarra Jamparri is a yinta (permanent spring) located yapurra (west) of Karlamilyi River (Rudall River) and ngaparti (south) of Yaralalu waterhole. Both areas are known as good hunting sites. The Karlamilyi River and Read more…
Walytja (family): Martu kinship and family There was a great big war here in the middle of the desert. Five different women found each other, they were all shocked wondering what to do or where Read more…
Walytja (family This is my painting showing the way we’re all connected. In the beginning when whitefellas came this was Martu Country. Still is. We Martu had to learn to walk together with whitefellas, and Read more…