Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature importantly in relation to Aboriginal spirituality, cosmology, social and moral Read more…
Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature importantly in relation to Aboriginal spirituality, cosmology, social and moral Read more…
Dreamtime Serpent In Aboriginal society this represents one of the great and powerful forces of nature and spirit. Connected to water, the serpent is the great life giver in its spiritual home the water.
Kangaroos and Emu’s This painting is about life out bush and hunting for food. We eat kangaroos and Emu’s when we go out hunting in bush.
The Seven Sisters – A Dreamtime Story Pleiades (Kungkarangkalpa) is an important group of stars forming a similar myth across Australia.They represent a group of young women who are pursued by a hunter from whom they ran and hid, moving across the country as he kept following them. They eventually Read more…
Echidna Dreaming Echidnas, or ‘porcupines’ as they’re known colloquially, are common around the Wiluna region. The artist identifies strongly with them as fellow inhabitants of her traditional desert country. Echidna’s diets include honey ants, as depicted.
Bush Tucker The Wiluna region, despite its classification as a Desert is abundant with Bush foods which the Martu people have gathered and lived on for centuries. Bush food can be found on trees and shrubs such as the Kulkula (silky pear or bush banana), Walku or Quondong, Wadja Wadja Read more…
Wildflowers and Dragonflies This painting depicts the story of fireflies when they are among the wildflowers. Around bush you can see beautiful wildflowers that make our country different. At night when we camp you can see this beautiful fireflies as they fly across to this wildflowers and eat from the Read more…
The Last Nomads The story of Warri and & Yatungka, the last Nomads is that of a true love-story.The couple ran away together in their youth, much to the disapproval of their elders as they were from different skin groups. They lived a traditional nomadic lifestyle, in the harsh desert Read more…
Desert Life The painting depicts the story of desert life. Out in the bush it is very hot and the trees help give us shade. When we’re walking along the trees help us to show us our way home.