Dayiwul Ngarranggarni – Geraldine Bedford Geraldine’s aunty Lena Nyadbi told her this story and now Geraldine is the custodian. Women travelled up river placing a spinifex net across the water to catch Dayiwul (Barramundi). Halfway to Gawinji the women stopped and left the net at this place; it turned Read more…
Dayiwul Ngarranggarni – Geraldine Bedford Geraldine’s aunty Lena Nyadbi told her this story and now Geraldine is the custodian. Women travelled up river placing a spinifex net across the water to catch Dayiwul (Barramundi). Halfway to Gawinji the women stopped and left the net at this place; it turned Read more…
My Birthplace This painting is about a place at Alice Downs Station, Eileen’s birthplace, right next to this beautiful big boab tree near the creek there. The Boab we are born under then becomes our tree. We all have our special Boab tree.
Ngaginyji Joomooloony This painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree for life; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’” Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along the road from Read more…
BOORNOOLOOLOO (PURNULULU) – PATRICK MUNG MUNG ‘That one Boornoolooloo (Purnululu) – Bungle Bungle Country,’ Patrick Mung Mung says. Through his late father, senior Gija leader and esteemed cross-cultural communicator George Mung Mung, Patrick is a traditional owner of the world heritage listed Boornoolooloo (Purnululu). Of this work Patrick says, ‘That’s Read more…
Banana Springs “This story is about Banana Spring near Texas Down Station. My mum and Dad and the families from Texas Downs Station used to go out for the hunting and fishing. And also camping out. They used to call it dinner camp, because there they would always tell stories Read more…
Old Mabel Downs Station “This is the story about when my old people where living in the cave, and those two there on top were sitting there well before the Gadia came and put a station on this land. The new station would be called Mabel Downs, and that old Read more…
