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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion).  The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous Read more

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Women collecting bush foods The Anangu people travelled vast desert landscapes, following the seasons for food and shelter, deeply attuned to the rhythms of the land. This resilience and wisdom embedded in traditional bush foods that sustained them across generations. Read more

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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion).  The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous Read more

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Colourful Devastation This piece represent the mass devastation of coral conflicted by nets/ghost nets. its colourful foundation ripped and torn apart whilst being trapped across the coral beds, i conveyed the living and deceased ends upon the red to imply Read more

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Shifting sea channels Please pay attention to the sky shifting sea channels. They weave through coral reefs and ventures anywhere the current takes them. They can even take some or more coral reefs with them (mostly the dead and weak Read more

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Maza (reef) 1,2 and 3 Hidden within the ocean between Thursday, Hammond and Moa Island lies 3 great Maza (reefs). When the tide bares its lowest, traversing the seas become incredibly difficult as now these great pillars of reef stand Read more

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Caught in the current This piece is of the great Hammer head who surveys the waters of Torres Strait searching its next meal. But even the Hammer head has battles against turbulent currents. Luckily the great Hammer head is known Read more

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