Paparta Jila
That snake at Paparta left from here, he went a long way, travelling around, and then he came back again. While the snack was travelling, he created waterholes along the way.
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tarpu living waterhole
Tarpu is a big jila (waterhole, spring) in the Great Sandy Desert. Thats turtujarti country (desert walnut), them trees little ones turtujarti and the big ones turtujarti, them they’re yarun (bloodwood, trees with lighter trunks)”.
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PARLPATA WATERHOLE
“Parlpata Jila (springwater) not little one, big big one, and jilji (sandhill), out bush long way other side of Japirnka in the Great Sandy Desert. I been kill a big fat goanna here, I been dig him up from the ground. I bin also drink this water when I was thirsty. We find kumupaja (bush tomato) and kulparn (pindan wattle) you eat them seeds, also minyirli (small bush tomato) and jiki birds. Only one jilji here”.
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JAPIRNKA NYULNYUL WARNTI
These waterholes are right out in my country. The top one is Warnti, Japirnka jila, Nyulnyul jila. My family walked this land looking for food hunting.
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MY FATHER COUNTRY
THIS IS MY FATHER COUNTRY INTHE SOUTH OF THE GREAT SANDY DESERT
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My Family’s Tree
Bush leaf and flowers for family and move family
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Yirrirriny – Mirage
When I was a young girl I was walking with my jaja ( grandmother) and japi (grandfather). I said to them “Look there is water there, I am thirsty”. My grandfather said ” No, that is not water, that is yirrirriny, (heat haze). Yirrirriny is a heat wave, don’t look at it, it will blind your eyes. Thats what my japi (grandfather) used to tell me. The heatwave is shiny and dancing.