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Gilbunj Country (MabelDowns) My Grandfather’s Country. My Mother Birthplace   

My Childhood story by Shirley Purdie

Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they Read more…

Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they 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…

Kimberley Boab The Kimberley Boab, through all the different seasons and colours. Some of the boabs are burnt, some with nuts and some green and dry. 

Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they Read more…

MERNDABANY (PAPERBARK SPRING), PURNULULU-Eileen Bray;- Merndabany paperbark spring, This is where my Mother was born at a place called Merndabany(Paperbark Spring) near Purnululu.  

Mistake Creek Massacre – Madeline Purdie “This story what my old people told me. They told me that they were sleeping here now in this building. Old mister Radigan he as a policeman, white gardier policeman, white man. He was living in this house in the art centre (what’s known Read more…