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Seed Collecting – Makurra Makurra is my favourite season. After the rains have passed, makurra (cold weather) has come full of blossoms. The seeds are now fully formed and have started to bloom brightening  up the the country side with beautiful colours. I paint the seed collecting because I take my Read more…

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Desert Flowers After the rain the jilji been have no good flowers, they been come after. Yellow, purple and orange, they all there. When we go back we see red and blue and yellow and purple flowers. All the kids we name for the desert flowers.

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MARTUWARRA Sonia was born by a billabong at Noonkanbah community. Her parents were Walmajarri whose movements led them to live by the Fitzroy River. Sonia has lived most her life at Noonkanbah. A compulsive artist, Sonia for a long time was a teacher’s aid at the local school where she Read more…

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Turtles Turtle escaped from the river. Its trying to find its way back to the salt water. Theres the sea there and green grass. Those footprints are the turtle trying to make its way back. Yellow is the snake trying to get to the turtle. 

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