Seven Sisters
By Kaylene Daniels in memory of her mum
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Edie Kemarre Holmes – Antarrengeny
Edie depicts Antarrengeny when there has been no rain and the land shimmers like jewels. It is the open flat country, after a bushfire, when only the young grasses and the trees are growing and where there is good hunting.”
Antarrengeny is Edie’s country and also her Father’s.
Edie has a strong connection to Antarrengeny. She gave birth to two of her daughters out bush on this land. It is her country and she loves it dearly.
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Burndud Ground
The Burndud is the sacred Marrga creation spirits dance ground at Birlinbirlin on the Fortescue River. It is an important story in Yindjibarndi culture which relates to Birdarra Law. Its a dance in our traditions, It’s a unique law and it belongs to the Yindjibarndi people.
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Woodside Smoke
Woodside smoke destroying Murujuga.
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Ngurrawaana Cultural Place
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All the Little Clay Pans After the Rain
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Dry River Bed
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Milky Way
The old people talk about the Milky Way, there’s different stories, Mayalarri Seven Sisters and the Jarnkurna emu. In the Milky Way, you can see a Jarnkurna emu. When the Milky Way turns up in the cold season, it means it’s time for nesting and they lay their eggs. The man Emu sits on the eggs and raise the chicks until they are independent and then he runs away from them.
There is a large petroglyph of the Jarnkurna Emu at the Murujuga, Burrup
Minkala, the Great Spirit, lifted the Mayalarri into the sparkling night sky. then came the Marrga, singing the Burndud (sacred song). Their voices were so powerful that two of the Mayalarri were drawn down from the sky, into the sea near Murujuga. They were the Bunggaliyarra.
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Muurdu – Strong Spirit Woman
