Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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File snake The file snake is called Datarra in the Myali language and it lives in the billabong and is depicted here with leaves and eggs
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Magpie Geese Two magpie geese watching over the eggs
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Flying fox The flying fox is making a mess, rustling up all the leaves in the tree
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Four Watersnakes Four freshwater water snakes in the billabong with the waterlillies and logs. Along the logs are all the bubbles.
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Billabong Food Catfish, bream, barramundi, waterlillies and yam
Bula'bula Arts
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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) that were created long ago close to the beginning of Read more…
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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My Country This painting is the representation of the fresh water swimming spots throughout Yindjibarndi country connecting through the country and the green trees surrounding them, providing perfect shade and cooling in the Pilbara heat. The reddish brown is for the dirt that rich and unique to the country. I Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Lalla Rookh Station “Belong to my mumma (Molly Woodman), uncle (Billy Thomas), granny and grandad. They was working there – young days. I been living there for a while with my big sister, Clara (dec.). We been sleep there awhile when we were young. We was working there, cook the Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) “Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) is my grandfather’s Country. There’s a waterhole there, Kaalpa waterhole. It’s my two pops’ Country. They been walking around, hunting around Kaalpa. You can see a yapu (rock), warla (lake), claypans, karru (creek) and tuwa (sandhills) there. It’s on the [Canning] Stock Route, it’s Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled This is Mayiwalku’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…