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Status: Stock Kija Country (pink) – Anne Nunn Rowena is a Kija-Gooniyandi-Jaru woman from the Halls Creek area of The Kimberley. The design depicts the hills of this Country, particularly the Lansdowne Ranges Country which through her Grandmother, Rowena is Read more…

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Status: Stock Bianca Simpson, Kurranji (Cassowary) The cassowary is one of the major totems (Ancestral Spirit Beings) for our Kuku Yalanji people. He is a big, dangerous bird that rules the rainforest. The cassowary can attack people but at the Read more…

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Status: Stock Birndany (stingray) – Martha Lee Martha is a Yawuru-Karajarri artist who has spent most of her life in Rubibi, Broome. Brindany (stingray) are an important food source for Yawuru people and are nice and fat for eating in Read more…

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Mapu (egg) hunting   This is as ancient story about how Yolngu used to collect food. They would go out into the swamp in their bark canoes and collect all the magpie geese eggs. You can see all the active Read more…

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View Of Country The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit. This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is Read more…

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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) Read more…

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My Grandmothers Country-Elizabeth Ngwarra Bonney I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams. I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy.  When I look at the distant hills I Read more…

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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) Read more…

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