Status: Stock Jigeengadi bush camp “This is a community book about the week long sustainable harvesting bush camp that was held in June 2006 at Jigeengadi (Wire Yard) on Gibb River pastoral station. It shows pictures of how we made Read more…
Shells These shells represent food. The patterned on this image comes from cone bay
Two Goannas Djilpin Arts is an Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. Djilpin Arts specialises in live cultural performance, digital media, and produces the annual performance event – the Walking With Spirits Read more…
Ungud (Snake) Stanley Taylor is a Nykina man who was born and lives in the Derby region. He started working at the Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre as a Studio Technician in 2008 and now is the Exhibitions Coordinator Read more…
Didgeridoo & Clapsticks Phillip “ Cracker” Duckhole Phillip is a senior Ngarinyin man, a cultural leader and a skilled bushman. He was born at Glenroy Station in the Kimberley of Western Australia. He and his family have spent time living Read more…
Kungkarangkalpa / Seven Sisters Kungkarangkalpa means the Seven Sisters. This is an extensive creation story that relates to the Pleiades constellation in the southern hemisphere. The story traverses Australia taking on different forms, however local women are privy to the Read more…
Goanna, Crocodile & Fish This painting depicts three animals found in billabongs around Beswick. At top is a water goanna, in the middle is a freshwater crocodile, and at the bottom is a fish. Raark or fine-line work is completed using Read more…
Four Fish This piece by Frankie Lane depicts some common billabong fish in the local area. It is finished in traditional rarrk (fine cross-hatch painting style).
Ngayuku Walka / My Design Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.
Wanampi / Watersnakes (Rainbow Serpent) Two women were hunting carpet snakes for food. Two Rainbow Serpent (Wanampi) men are watching. Next morning the sisters again hunt for snakes and find two tails lurking from a hole in the ground. But Read more…