Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community LaGrange Inc
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Seven Sisters ‘There were seven sisters, who was looking for food, wandering everywhere, then the youngest sister got lost, and the old man was watching her, trying to make her his wife. Then the other sisters tried calling her name, then late at night was behind them, trying to reach Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled This is Kumpaya’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…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Jurnpanja “This Jurnpanja rockhole. Kayili (north) from Yungkajul. Always kapi (water) there. Pujimanpa (desert dwellers) would drink from there. All bush-tucker there, wamurla (bush tomato), and minyarra (bush-onion). [My daughter] Barli was little one walking around that place. Pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) time. This one rockhole, Jurnpanja, and that’s a claypan, Wirrkujapayi. Water here, big one. This one we Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Untitled This is Kumpaya’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…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Power Wanti How did you get to this style of painting? “Do you mean, what have I done with my life? (chuckles to herself) To me these paintings are a sense of energy. So if I see someone and they’re happy, I paint a happy vibe. Cos their spirit is Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Granites This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and different varieties of Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Rabbit Proof Fence “When I was a little girl, my sister and I would visit our nanna [Molly Craig]. We really looked after her and checked if she had any food and sometimes she would say ” I’m hungry one.” We would race home to make damper and cook some Read more…