Wonganbayn – Alice Downs “They get fish there – they call it Gilgaye – when they roll up that spinifex and the fish can’t get way. We used to look at all the old people – they used to roll that spinifex (to catch the fish). That’s a holiday place, Birnoo Read more…
Birnoo Country This painting shows Gordon’s country – Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station). Birnoo is Gordon’s mother’s country. Gordon mustered cattle all throughout this country for many years – the way his father taught him to. He became known as a skilled horsebreaker and buckjumper (rodeo rider). When Gordon worked Read more…
Lalanggarrany doo Darndal (The Crocodile and the turtle) Mabel Juli In this work Mabel Juli has brought together two very significantNgarranggarni (Dreaming) stories from Darrajayin. As well as the physical proximity of parts of country in which these two stories take place, their central characters, namely Garnkiny the Moon and Lalanggarrany the Crocodile, are also both of Joowoorrooskin, making Read more…
Rockhole la Birnoowoon Country – Gordan 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…
Little Panton River This is a painting of a paper bark tree on the banks of the Little Panton River (near Halls Creek) on Mary’s Country. The yellow part of the tree is the paper bark leaf. The Woorra Woorral uses the leaf to sweep up the sand on the Read more…
GREENVALE STATION – KATHY RAMSAY This is that Greenvale now. Mum told me that that’s that Garrganny (water lily) place. They got a sharp rock there and all them pointy rocks. These can be seen located within the middle of the artwork Kathy says “Them round circles, them digging holes Read more…
Living off the land – Bow River In most of Kathy’s painting, the subject of her artwork depicts the country and landscapes of her mothers country called Bow River – which is also known to be called by its traditional name Juwulunji. In this painting Kathy has painted her mother and Read more…