Janbal (Quandong)
Janbal (Quandong) is good bush tucker. We gather the fruit from August to January when they are sweet and soft. The kernel of the fruit is very pretty and we often use it to make body adornments such as necklaces and earrings.
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Janbal (Quandong)
Janbal (Quandong) is good bush tucker. We gather the fruit from August to January when they are sweet and soft. The kernel of the fruit is very pretty and we often use it to make body adornments such as necklaces and earrings.
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Ngawiya (Sea Turtle)
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Kakan (Black Palm) Dillybag
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Yinjul (Rainforest Parrot)
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Kadanji (Black Cockatoo)
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The Matjungala Boomerang
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(Guka) Grub in ground.
Known also as Bardy grub evolving into a Rain Moth.
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Goonoonoorra
This is my mother’s country and traditional country for Miriwoong people. The name of this place is Goornoonoorra. In my language Miriwong, this name means Big Waters. In the old days we all lived here and walked this country looking for bush tucker. We used to have corroboree at Thethebelung (the Sleeping Buddha) beside Goonoonoorra (the Ord River).In the center of the painting the hill is called Thegoowiyeng – (Kelly’s Knob).My grandparents grew me up near the Nemoowalem ( the Ivanhoe Ranges) and we lived under the boab trees. In this painting you can see the Mirima Community where all the humpy camps are. The town camp is where all the whitefellas who built Kununurra lived. This is where the town houses are today.
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Black Rock Falls
This painting shows Black Rock Falls. During the wet season – flood water time – this was our camp spot. We would camp up on the hillsides to keep dry form the rains and the rising flood waters of the Ord River. When the waterfalls are flowing you couldn’t get to town because of the rivers and creeks overflowing. There is lots of bush tucker here and a swimming hole. We eat this bush tucker. I spent a lot of my growing up years here.