Gaṯtji is located northwest of Ramingining and is one of 14 homelands surrounding the Ramingining community. It is Gary Smith’s country, where his dreaming began. Gary often paints the billabong at Gaṯtji which is filled with flora and fauna, including Ratjuk (barramundi) ga (and) Ḏakawa (crayfish) that swim beneath the fresh waterlilies.
Name: Gary Smith
Biography:
Gary is traditional owner for Gaatchi, a homeland just outside of the Ramingining. He is privy to a part of the Mewal story, the creator of the sugar bag tribe, who hunts across the lands of Gaatchi.
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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes Read more…