Warakkála (Long Yam) Warakkála is the name of a place on Entrance Island meaning ‘ there are many long yams’. Warakkála is a kind of long yam, bush tucker for the Kunibidji people. These yams are roasted in ashes or Read more…
Murtikajarra Murtikajarra is a soak located in the Percival Lakes region. This site lies within Ngarga’s ngurra (home Country, camp), the area which she knew intimately and travelled extensively with her family in her youth. The Percival Lakes form a Read more…
Kapi Rockholes – Jila (snake) coming in and out “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters Read more…
Jilji “This one near my countryside. It’s kayili (north) of my Country. Big one Jilji. Lots of tuwa (sandhills). My nana mili (denotes ownership) Country, mama mili, daddy mili Country. They walk around there, get kuwiyi (meat). The old people would cook ’em up! This a pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) place. I was a young Read more…
Punkulyi (McKay Ranges) “In the Dreamtime there were two men [Wati Kujarra (Two Goanna Men)], an old man with ngarnkurrpa (beards) and his brother living there at Punkulyi. They dreaming in Parnngurr area. They yapu (hill, rock) now. They been Read more…
Karlamilyi Karlamilyi (Rudall River region) and its surrounds are Warnman Country, located in the very heart of the Martu homelands. The region is situated southwest of the Great Sandy Desert and northeast of the Little Sandy Desert. Spanning through the Read more…
Parnngurr Parnngurr rockhole is located just south of Parnngurr Aboriginal community. At the junction of three linguistic groups; Manyjilyjarra, Kartujarra, and Warnman, it was a critical and permanent source of water during the pujiman (traditional, desert born) era that supported many ritual Read more…
Parnngurr Parnngurr rockhole is located just south of Parnngurr Aboriginal community. At the junction of three linguistic groups; Manyjilyjarra, Kartujarra, and Warnman, it was a critical and permanent source of water during the pujiman (traditional, desert born) era that supported many ritual Read more…
Parnngurr Parnngurr rockhole is located just south of Parnngurr Aboriginal community. At the junction of three linguistic groups; Manyjilyjarra, Kartujarra, and Warnman, it was a critical and permanent source of water during the pujiman (traditional, desert born) era that supported many ritual Read more…
Punmu Soak “I like painting. It’s a good way to learn from the old people and keep the stories going.” – Cyril Whyoulter Cyril Whyoulter is one of the most dynamic and exciting practitioners to emerge from the youngest generation of Read more…