Nylalindi. In this painting Bobby depicts the vastness of Gurwliny (Arafura Wetlands) in North East Arnhem Land and in particular his homeland of Nylalindi. These are the second biggest wetlands in the world, Florida has the biggest, and in this painting Bobby is showing the colours of the dry season Read more…
Bungarrata The Gija message stick(Bungarrata) was sent around to all the Gija places where all the Gija people were living. When the Bungarrata reached Gija people, it was handed over to the senior elder of those individual tribal Gija groups. The Bungarrata was marked by a senior elder holder of Read more…
WARRARNANY DU WANGGARNAL These hills lie behind Warmun Community. In the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) warranany – the eagle told his wife wangkarnal – the crow – to cook some kangaroo for him to eat. She was lazy and so she fell asleep instead. When she woke up the crow wanted to Read more…
Moa Island Style – Necklace (Bead Work) Moa Arts (Ngalmun Lagau Minaral) is an Indigenous-owned and operated art centre on Mua Island in the Torres Strait western cluster of islands. One of the primary aims of the art centre is to keep Muglal traditions of Zenadth Kes arts and culture Read more…
Doomerinj Doomerinj Dreaming That one emu, he bin poke his head down in the ground and called out. They reckon that other one (emu) which was situated in the West, further away from the East one been relay that message onto that one in the Southwest. That message, when it Read more…
Young boy seeking ground sugar bag “This is a story about a young boy seeking ground sugar bag. All my elders were out looking for ground sugar bag near the Mabel down hill, they been looking all day they were all weak and tired from digging in the ant hills Read more…
Argyle Diamond Mine Rehab This painting is about the closure of Argyle mine – the right hand side depicts the devastation caused by the site, and the left hand side depicts how we would would like it to be rehabilitated for our future generations. The current rehabilitation project started in 2020 Read more…
Karrajanti Country (Walmujarli), Bush Onion-Grandfather Country On Karrajati country, the first white settlers came pass, where my Grandfather and Family were. Some of my Grandfathers Family members took off; got fright of the White man. It been days and months my Father people search . As the frighten members ran Read more…
Kangaroo Rock Dreaming (Norton Bore) This is the kangaroo rock at Norton Bore. Old people would rub this rock when they wanted to go hunting and kangaroos would come out at Violet Valley and Norton Bore. If you go there now, you’ll see all of the kangaroos still around these Read more…