Yindjibarndi Munggu – Anthill Country “This work is about Yindjibarndi Munda (rocky hills) on the tablelands, on my Ngurra (country). My ancestors walked the land. The old ladies would get the seeds from the grass and grind it down to make flour. The ladies would sit at the bottom of the Read more…
Wilarra -Moon Part of Mayalarri – Seven Sisters Story
Ngurra (Yindjibarndi Country)- Wendy Hubert Ngurra, country its beautiful its goonmardii (pleanty of food, good country) We can go fishing, we got kangaroos, turkeys, we never cook in the river, we cook up top. I paint to show people how to appreciate country, to not rubbish it, always pick your Read more…
River and Waterholes River and Waterholes, Yindjabarndi Ngurra
Wuukurta (Honey Ants) “This one is the wuukurta (honey ants), I painted this one for my little boy. At night, I ring up my partner, she said ‘we going for honey ants’, they been find a big mob. Late at night, all the other prisoners said they saw a little boy walking Read more…
Ngurra kujungka “It’s a painting about family, it’s the Martu way. Families been travelling, they come together, ngurra kujunka (coming together in one home place). They got their wuungku (windbreak) there, waru (fire), and it’s for hunting, gathering bush tucker. The footprints – they have to stamp it [the knowledge] and leave their stories Read more…
Water and Fire “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays Read more…
Untitled This is Lorna’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…