Wanpanpi – Bush Coconut “Wanpanpi, the bush coconut. You can’t just eat it because it has a hard shell. When you get it from the tree you have to hit it with a rock to open it up to see what kind is inside, then you can eat it. When Read more…
Akatjiri – Bush Sultana “Akatjiri is not always in season. Only after they make a big bush fire and it rains, afterward there’s more akatjiri plant, people go hunting and collect it. I do akatjiri painting because it is my favourite to eat. When it’s brown and dry it’s like Read more…
Pura – Bush Melon “In my language Luritja it’s called pura. It’s like a heart shaped with black seeds inside, it tastes like rockmelon. It’s like a pawpaw, you cut the seed, clean it and eat it. But it tastes like rockmelon.” – Joyce Dixon
Murnun (dugong) This design is murnun (dugong). Josephine grew up on the coastal area of Maningrida. She is a Kunibidji woman, a Gurgoni and Ndjébbana language speaker. ‘In the olden times they used to go on canoe to look for murnun (dungong), fish (yokkara) ,turtle (makéddja) and stingray (marnan djupa Read more…
Memories Beneath the Waves: A Ghost Network Story My Ghost Network artwork tells the story of a historically significant area within the sea country of Erub (Darnley Island) in the Eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. This area is widely known throughout Australia as the “Darnley Deeps,” and it is located Read more…
