Doris Bush – Papa Tjukurrpa – Nyumannu Memory Nyunmanu is a Dingo Dreaming site just to the south east of the remote Aboriginal community of Kintore in the Northern Territory. Most of the dingoes and their pups from this place rose up into the sky and became stars. However, the Read more…
Doris Bush – Pilkati Doris Bush – Pilkati This is Doris’s Mothers Story. The custodians of this story are the Tjapaltjarri, Napaltjarri, Tjakamarra and Nakamarra skin groups. The kutuguro or policeman of this story are the Tjupurrula and Naparulla skin groups. There was a pregnant snake that travelled from Hassts Read more…
Doris Bush- Bush Mangarri Tjuta & Pilkati anta rumiya. (All the bush food and the snake and goanna.)
Doris Bush- Pilkati anta rumiya (Snake and goanna) Snake this one, eating, here, at the water. This mob over there are stabbing it with a spear. He’s trying to bite and eat that one over there. And that over there is coming to look at him, that one. This one, he’s watching, Read more…
Glenda Kapi Tjukurrpa The painting depicts designs associated with Kapi Tjukurrpa (Water Dreaming) at Kalipinypa, a site northwest of Kintore. The Tjukurrpa tells of an important rain making ceremony to invoke the elements. It is a powerful storm bringing on the lightning, thunderclouds and rain sending its deluge to rejuvenate Read more…
Simon Yungut – Tingari Simon’s paintings depict the dreaming stories and the travels of the Tingari, using the traditional concentric circle and line design. Tingari refers to the Dreaming and its Laws for the Pintupi language group of the Central Western Desert. The Tingari is the Creation era when the Read more…
Glenda Kapi Tjukurrpa The painting depicts designs associated with Kapi Tjukurrpa (Water Dreaming) at Kalipinypa, a site northwest of Kintore. The Tjukurrpa tells of an important rain making ceremony to invoke the elements. It is a powerful storm bringing on the lightning, thunderclouds and rain sending its deluge to rejuvenate Read more…
Karen McDonald – Kungka Tjukurrpa at Ilpilli This painting represents the sacred site of Ilpilli, Napurrula’s country, which is located between Mt Liebig and Kintore. Karen’s ancestors (The Napurrula women) were travelling across land searching for water and came upon this site. They discovered rockholes with water and a creek, Read more…
Flora Brown Mina Mina Tjukurrpa (Lake Mackay Dreaming) Mina Mina is a salt lake place between Nyrrapi and Kunatjarryi. It is snake country. A place full of lightning and thunder. The language of the country is Yanama, and if you speak a different language the snakes will eat you. The Read more…
