Woven Dragonfly This finely crafted hand woven dragonfly is a cheerful reminder of the real dry season dragonflies. Signalling in the dry season, dragonflies are ubiquitous with dry winds, cool nights and saying goodbye to the wet season! Our senior fibre Read more…
Woven Dragonfly This finely crafted hand woven dragonfly is a cheerful reminder of the real dry season dragonflies. Signalling in the dry season, dragonflies are ubiquitous with dry winds, cool nights and saying goodbye to the wet season! Our senior fibre Read more…
Gumang (Magpie Geese) The Yolngu people of Arnhem Land 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 Read more…
View of Country – Alec Pula Lewis The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit. Alec was born at McDonald Downs Station. He grew Read more…
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…
Flannel Bush Flowers These are the purple flowers with little yellow inside that grow near the side of the road during. The leaves are also used as jammi (bush medicine). They come out during Pilbara wildflower season.
Punmu Road “When I been driving to Punmu for the funeral, I been seen all the pretty flowers. Wildflower season.” – Elizabeth Toby Punmu refers to a region and an Aboriginal community within its vicinity, located 670km North-East of Newman. Read more…
Marble Bar Creek “That’s the creek near Marble Bar side. There are lots of little rocks on the side, surrounding of the river.” – Elizabeth Toby Marble Bar is a town and a rock formation in the Pilbara region of Western Read more…
Yurla, Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) Story The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both human and nonhuman forms. These beings Read more…
Fish Trap This traditional woven fibre fish trap features Catch of the Day and is Julie Ashley’s entry in the 2024 Katherine Art Prize. Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same Read more…