Name: Dorothy Tjikilim Forrest
Language: Walmajarri
Community: Kurnangki
Biography:
Dorothy Was Born in Derby Then she grew up in Jubilee Down Station. My mum and dad worked there for the station manager and also my Grandmother. Some of the paintings I do is about my grandmother when she used to take me fishing and some painting are about"my father stories about his country and where he was born so I do painting about his country and the stories he told me.
Tutujarti Trees (Desert Walnut) Tutujarti trees all around the two waterhole called Nyijil Nyijil, that way out in the desert; That’s my family country, my family comes from the desert. It has a nut called Read more…
Jurnta (Bush Onion) JURNTA that we digem up from the ground sometime we eat it raw or sometime we throw in the coals
Bush Onion (Jurnta) This country Booloowatu. My community grows bush onions. During the dry season jurnta goes black. This means they are ripe (cooked) and ready to dig up and cook on the coals. The Read more…