Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) that were created long ago close to the beginning of Read more…
Karr (spiders) Yolngu often reflect traditional ceremonial and artistic activities which continue to be practised across the country carrying the spiritual forces of the ancestral beings from one generation to the next. In each artwork intricate cross-hatched images unify figurative elements to tell of a world of ancestral transformations. This artwork features Read more…
Untitled This artwork came to Rodney in a dream. He remembers this place from childhood. He says that he used to swim in the water and jump off the big rock there. His nanas would sit on the ground and tell him not to be silly. One nanna laughed and Read more…
My Grandfather’s Country This painting depicts Sharon’s Grandfather’s Country, located within Witjira National Park near the border of the Northern Territory and South Australia, just south of Finke. The area is rich with waterholes, trees, and salt lakes — a beautiful place full of life. Sharon first saw her Grandfather’s Read more…
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) – Angilyiya Mitchell ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal Read more…
Kulyakartu “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.” – Muuki Taylor This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Muuki’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Read more…
Minyma Kutjarra – (Two Sisters) ‘Minyma Kutjara’ (Two Ladies), is a popularly depicted story by women from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. The painting has different chapters depending on where the artist is from and the inherited story of their ancestors. we see the ladies sitting together at their camp situated among Read more…
Grub & Rain Moth Evolution #1 Uncles and i used to go grubbing a lot among the gum leaves under the gumtrees. Certain times of the year you would find many grubs or many rain moth that the grubs evolved into.
My Special Place (The Junction Echuca) A place where my uncle showed me all the sacred areas around the junction such as oven mittens, where many Musselshell’s were left over from many years ago, lots of scar trees and many camping and fishing areas around the Murray-(Dungala) and Campaspe River. Read more…
Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) that were created long ago close to the beginning of Read more…