Pitu (Separation Well) “Pitu, soak, big one. Water there all the time. Pitu, the place for our whole family. [As a young girl] I walked around and went east back to my dad’s area, to Pitu and Kulilu, Nakaly and Kunapila. Then I was a teenager. My Country is Pitu Read more…
Catfish Ceremony We dance this as the last song and dance of the funeral ceremony, to memorise the spirit that turns back to become the freshwater catfish and the saltwater catfish. This is the cycle of life.
Kus Ekweida This work was created to show that from death comes new life. A coconut has sprouted to life beside the remains of a turtle. A number of varieties of turtles nest and breed on the shores of the Torres Strait. Turtles are important to Torres Strait Islanders in Read more…
At Home Together At Home Together was a collaboration born from the need to reach out and engage people during COVID-19, working together and spreading the ghost net message about ocean conservation. Using the social media model developed by Lynnette Griffiths during other exhibitions The idea behind the AT HOME Read more…
Burrula (Diving Ducks] This painting depicts diving ducks, both realistically and symbolically. A particular clan group uses the object in the painting during a hollow log ceremony (traditional funeral ceremony). The rrark (cross hatching) is the water. One group will perform the catfish dance whilst another performs as diving ducks. Read more…
Ngalyod (Rainbow Serpent) The rainbow serpent is a powerful mythological figure for all Aboriginal people throughout Australia. Characteristics of the rainbow serpent vary greatly from group to group and also depending on the site. Often viewed as a female generative figure, the rainbow serpent can sometimes also be male. She Read more…
Jimmy Stitching reclaimed fishing nets (also known as Ghostnets) that drift aimlessly at sea indiscriminately fishing and killing marine animals was used to create shark. I am recycling these nets and making these creatures that gets caught and dies amongst these deadly drift nets. Sharks are a part of our Read more…
Raych A variety of rays are found around our island home, from the shallow waters of the shoreline to the reefs and deeper waters. This ray has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that Read more…
Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature importantly in relation to Aboriginal spirituality, cosmology, social and moral Read more…
Raydon A variety of rays are found around our island home, from the shallow waters of the shoreline to the reefs and deeper waters. This ray has been created by stitching reclaimed fishing net, rope and twine. Reclaimed fishing nets (also known as ghost nets) are derelict fishing nets that Read more…