Tjukurla Pirni Carol Maanyatja Golding was born at Walu rockhole not far from Warakurna. Carol’s father was born at Tjukurla Pirni, a number of important rockholes located between Warakurna and Wanarn. “My father was born here, I love this place as you can always get water. Many Tjurlpu (birds) used Read more…
Kuluntjarra Kuluntjarra is a salt lake about twenty kilometres west of Patjarr. It was created by two men (Wati Kutjarra Tjukurrpa) who were hunting and camping at Wanaritjarra, a small but deep rockhole near the lake. The two men found mingkurrpa (native tobacco) growing around the lake, which they picked Read more…
Lake Baker Neville McArthur is from Warburton and now resides at Wanarn Aged Care. This painting is about a Kunyia that travelled all the way from Kuru Alala to Lake Baker.
Tingarri Tjukurrpa George Ward Tjungurrayi was born in the desert west of Kiwirrkura in 1947. George’s painting depicts a story about Tingari men travelling through his ancestral country from rockhole to rockhole meeting other Tingari men for business Lake MacDonald way. The men turned into Warnambi.
Wanarn Tjilpi and Pampa Painting Program Warakurna Artists works closely with Wanarn Aged Care Facility to conduct painting sessions with elderly patients. This program nurtures artists who have arguably contributed largely to one of the most significant art movements in Australia. The joyous communal activity has a myriad of positive Read more…
Elaine Papulankutja Dreaming Elaine is a painter from Papulankutja (Blackstone) who now resides at Wanarn Aged Care. Elaine paints tjukurrpa from her country of Papulankutja, which includes songlines for associated tjukurrpa of Wati Kutjarra and Lirru – carpet python dreaming. Warakurna Artists works closely with Wanarn Aged Care Facility to conduct Read more…
Piltati There were two sisters who married two brothers and they all lived together. One day the women went wandering and they went such a long way that they forgot about their husbands. Back at the camp, the two husbands were thinking, ‘Where are our wives?’ and they decided to Read more…
Tingarri The tingarri* people travelled north through Wirrintjunku, Pukaritjarra, Tarkal, Nyun and Kirritji as they move toward Tjukurla. This painting depicts the Tingarri Song Cycle – the route dreamtime people travelled from the sea near Port Hedland to the northern part of the central desert. Tjukurrpa – Physical feature or Read more…
Tingarri This painting depicts the tjukurrpa story about the tingarri men, women and children traveling from rock hole to rock hole. The tingarri people travelled north through Wirrintjunku, Pukaritjarra, Tarkal, Nyun and Kirritji as they move toward Tjukurla. Mr Ward’s works can be read as visual histories, as well as maps Read more…
