THIRRINGGENJI – The Owlet Nightjar Dreaming at Tickelara – Thirringgenji Thirringgenji Owlet nightjar Gaboowa? What now? Berrema-noo Adam thirringgenji. This is the home of the owlet nightjar. Nginya This here. Nginy jarliji-gany, jarred – ngarri nginini “Gayi daambi – ngoongoo?” This friend of his when he said, “Where is your Read more…
warlawoon country – Kathy Ramsey Within this artwork Kathy has described a place known as Warlawoon – it is located between two stations, these are known to be Bedford Downs and Tableland St. This was where Kathy’s father and renowned artist and elder Rammey Ramsey had grown up. Although Read more…
HOLIDAY CAMP – LORRAINE DAYLIGHT Lorraine Daylight has painted her father’s country. Daylight’s father is senior Warmun artist Gordon Barney. ‘Holiday camp,’ Gordon Barney says. ‘Walkabout every holiday catching kangaroo, porcupine, goanna – all sorts.’ Barney worked as a stockman on Alice Downs station as a young man. In the Read more…
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…