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Ripples This is about the Fitzroy River and how it changes colour with the different seasons. It becomes a golden muddy colour as the river rises during the wet.
Ripples This is about the Fitzroy River and how it changes colour with the different seasons. It becomes a golden muddy colour as the river rises during the wet.
Barramundi “Martuwarra is my river country; this painting is all about the Fitzroy River which flows down through Noonkanbah. l grew up along the Fitzroy Riverside and we used to catch all kinds of fish for lunch and dinner. This river Read more…
Nyilnigil “This one Paynjarra jumu (soakwater) good country this one, desert country, long way out. Yarun (bloodwood) them trees, This is desert country. We get bush tucker in this country.
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) – Angilyiya Mitchell ‘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 Read more…
Tali (sand hills) Tali – sand hills or dunes are a dominate feature of the desert landscape of the Ngaanyatyarra Lands. The waves of sand hills are formed when sand is swept up by the wind and dumped where it meets Read more…
Seed Collecting Makurra is my favourite season. after the rains have passed, makurra ( cold weather) has come full of blossoms. The seeds are now fully formed and have started to bloom brightening up the country side with beautiful colours. Read more…
Kapi Tjukurla (Tjukurla Rock holes) Kapi Tjukurla is a sacred women’s site where the sisters came to drink water from the rock hole. Knowledge of where to find Kapi Tjukurla was handed down through generations as it is a significant Read more…
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…
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…