This is up Pmurlangkinya (Palm Valley), up Finke River form Ntaria at the famous camping ground. This is kwatja urlpaiya, permanent waterhole in the creek. When all the other waterholes are dried up we take the kids up to this one at the camp ground. We see walpala (white people, tourists) when we swim there.
Name: Dallissa Brown
Language: English, Western Aranda
Community: Ntaria
Biography:
Dalissa Brown was born in Alice Springs in 1997 and grew up in Hermannsburg, NT.
Dalissa is the youngest of the Hermannsburg Potters. She joined the pottery in 2020 when she was 23 years old, working alongside her grandmother and senior artist Dawn Wheeler, who has been teaching her stories and how to make pots. Also present with Dalissa in the studio is her mother, fellow artist Shirley Wheeler, her daughter, much loved Layla, and her partner, Sammy Ungwanaka another promising emerging artist.
Dalissa is a lively and prolific maker. The last two years have seen Dalissa's painting and building skills develop phenomenally as she has applied herself to studies in ceramics through TAFE at Charles Darwin University.
Dalissa was a finalist in the 2024 Ravenswood Women's Art Prize in the Indigenous Emerging Artist category.
In 2024 Dalissa participated in a workshops series with Artback NT, creating sensory objects to accompany 'True Story', an exhibition which will tour nationally throughout 2025-28.
Inpinpa (Yellow Bird) These little yellow birds live all around this country.
West Wind – Thurrkaarra These mountains are Urruna Tjinya and I grew up in this Country. This Country is Urruna Tjinya but you call it James Ranges. Everytime we go hunting in Urruna for goanna, Read more…
Down by the creek Two little kids swimming in the water. My grandson Anthony and his wife standing by the car watching kids swimming.