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JOWURUBANJ.A DREAMING PLACE FOR BABIES. painting about Jowurubanj a Dreaming place for babies.An old man’s wife had given birth to a baby,and she left it (baby) near a paper-bark tree by the waterhole,so she can go look for sugar-bag (bush honey).her husband told her not to leave the baby near Read more…

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BALANKIRR ‘ In the old days, my grandfather, grandmother and my mother and uncles used to walk over this range, through the gap on top of the painting, down into the valley. Fishing and collecting bamboo for spears. Then they would walk across the other range into the Bungle Bungles Read more…

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OLD LADY SINGING OUT FOR HER DOG This Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) is from Darrajayin country, also known as Springvale Station. In the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) an old woman sang out for her dog Marranyji, an old wild dingo. Her dog had taken off in pursuit of a jiyirriny – kangaroo. The dog Read more…

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YUNURR “This is la Kilfoyle, down by la river. This the camp where we bin mustering. Stockman. That snake story belonga this one. Snake bin say i’m gonna put a feather la head. He put la Darranyel feather on top. He bin say I going la different place. He go Read more…

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Birnoo This work depicts the hills of Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station) and the country surrounding Birrno Rockhole, by moonlight. In the evening birds, kangaroos and emus come to the rockhole to drink. Two jumuluny (boab trees) stand beside the rockhole, which lies south of the Alice Downs homestead. Birrno Read more…

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BIRNOO This work depicts the hills of Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station) and the country surrounding Birrno Rockhole, by moonlight. In the evening birds, kangaroos and emus come to the rockhole to drink. Two jumuluny (boab trees) stand beside the rockhole, which lies south of the Alice Downs homestead. Birrno Read more…

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Rockhole la Birnoowoon Country – Gordon Barney This Rock hole is la Birnoowoon Country, we use this rock hole for fishing we catchem moot moot there thats the pearch small but very good eating we picnic here with the whole family and even bogey (Bath) in this rock hole it Read more…

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