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Garradjain Country – Rose’s Yard
This is Mary’s mothers country, down on Springvale Station. That country is called Garradjain. The country is part of the Garnkiny (moon) dreaming. Seen in the painting are the grass bundles as green circles. These bundles were rolled up and thrown into the water. They’d sink and then fish would hide in the mass of grass, particularly to seek shelter from the cranes and other birds. The grass would be pulled up after a while, trapping the fish in the grass. The yellow bands are the two main rivers of Garradjain country, Rose’s Yard Creek (on the right) and Little Panton River (on the left). In the bottom of the picture you can see Garnkiny, the moon, who walked the lands now known as Springvale Station during the Ngarrangkarni, the Dreamtime, when he was a man. Mary has also included three Joomoolony (boab) trees in this painting of country.
