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Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they Read more…

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Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they Read more…

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Goorra-goorran Country- Special Water “Goorra-goorran Country is my grandfather’s Country – Sandy Thomas. This painting represents a special waterhole way out there; the bright section in the middle is special healing water. “In the early days you would go and drink it when you’re feeling sick or sore. The animals could be healed Read more…

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Jikerrel,Kingfisher Jikerrel,Kingfisher Dreaming Hill at Yarrunga( Chinaman Garden) south of Alice Downs. The Circles in thIs painting are Waterholes made by the KingFisher (Jikerrel) The Kingfisher was travelling to Balgo and kept going down to a place called Millstream in the Southern Western Australia. Down South.  

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Ngaginyji Joomooloony This painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’”    Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along the road to Ord River and Read more…

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Ngaginyji Joomooloony This painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’”    Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along the road to Ord River and Read more…

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OLD TEXAS/NEW TEXAS (Bullungard country) – Mark Nodea The painting I do is all about my mother’s country, Texas Downs Station – there’s Old Texas and New Texas, which is the one still standing today. Ballangara is the name of country, the place goes back a long way, from early Read more…

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