Ngaginyji Joomooloony This painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree for life; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’” Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along the road from Read more…
BOORNOOLOOLOO (PURNULULU) – PATRICK MUNG MUNG ‘That one Boornoolooloo (Purnululu) – Bungle Bungle Country,’ Patrick Mung Mung says. Through his late father, senior Gija leader and esteemed cross-cultural communicator George Mung Mung, Patrick is a traditional owner of the world heritage listed Boornoolooloo (Purnululu). Of this work Patrick says, ‘That’s Read more…
Banana Springs “This story is about Banana Spring near Texas Down Station. My mum and Dad and the families from Texas Downs Station used to go out for the hunting and fishing. And also camping out. They used to call it dinner camp, because there they would always tell stories Read more…
Old Mabel Downs Station “This is the story about when my old people where living in the cave, and those two there on top were sitting there well before the Gadia came and put a station on this land. The new station would be called Mabel Downs, and that old Read more…
Bush Tucker When I was schooling in Warmun every year after wet season my grandmother and Great grandmother would take us out every day after school for bush tucker and bush medicines. They would teach us about how to collect bush tucker right time of year. Sometimes they show us Read more…
WINUBA – EVELYN MALGIL ‘This is my family place. Hot water spring and cold water spring. That big hill on the background is my family place. That water live all year ’round. That little sand frog, it live for a long time.’ This place is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) site for Read more…
WINUBA – EVELYN MALGIL ‘This is my family place. Hot water spring and cold water spring. That big hill on the background is my family place. That water live all year ’round. That little sand frog, it live for a long time.’ This place is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) site for Read more…
