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Tjitji kutjarra – Two boys This is the story of the two boys, though some say it was two brothers or a brother and sister, living around Mantamaru (Jameson). One day they saw the track of a big snake, they followed and eventually caught and ate. Unbeknownst, the brothers they had eaten a spirit Read more…

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‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters / Pleiades) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters / Pleiades) is an important Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) across the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Many families hold knowledge for different parts of this story, and each community paints its own chapter according to Country and ancestral responsibility. Angela’s paintings focus on the celestial Read more…

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Anapalaku Walka – Ernabella Design The well-known Anapalaku Walka evolved out of the very first drawings that children made in the Ernabella mission school in the 1940s. The children would often come to the Ernabella craft room (the precursor to today’s art centre) in the afternoon or during school holidays, Read more…

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Michelle’s Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant) Michelle’s father’s country is tjala tjukurpa (honey ant dreaming). Michelle and her family still visit this country where she pays special attention to the natural elements on the land which are then represented in her paintings: I am showing the landscape from above, as you might see Read more…

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