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Thepa ntjaarra (birds) Thepa irnaka antjua mpaaranha. Birds that nest in trees.
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Partinturla (magpie-lark) Partinturla-la arna urrknganga antjua mpaarama. The magpie-lark uses mud to build a nest.
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Eelbitania (Rabbit) Eelbitania were introduced in the Early Days, after white people came to Central Australia. Today we find Eelbitania everywhere in Hermannsburg Region – they’re both a pest to the Country, and also good tucker.
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Ngapa (Crow) Thepa ngapa ura kwaarta aramala, era pitjima. Crows come when they see smoke.
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Ngulpa (bush tobacco) We always go for hunt bush tobacco. Running out of bush tobacco we look for it. I can’t stay without bush tobacco. I cant chew the smoke without it, I get sick. I ask my niece to go on the weekend every weekend to look for bush Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…
Tangentyere Artists
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Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…
