Beasley Knob
In this painting the artist has depicted her traditional country at the WA – NT Border. Peggy has now moved back to this part of her country with her husband Alan, their kids and grand kids.
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Traditional Country
In this painting Judy has depicted her mother’s country in the Northern Territory. At the top of the painting is Keep River and the Keep River Hills. Below and to the left that is Bucket Spring area and on the right is Police Hole area. On Police Hole area is a Billabong with plenty of water lillies and the orange oval shape below the billabong is a crab dreaming.
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Bubble Bubble – Dumbaral
This artist represents an area of her traditional Country Bubble Bubble community located east of Newry Station in the Kimberley region of Northern Australia. “This is part of my country. I got my name at this place, there is a fresh water spring with water bubbling up Lumai-Lumai and there is a spring called Wumi, this is the place where my big sister got her name from. The water in the middle is a good fishing place called Catfish Dreaming and the trees pictured are gum trees.”
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Aru
Aru (Rocks) – Mary has depicted the coloured rocks found in the Berkley River country.
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Dingo Dreaming
This print tells a story of “a large spirit dog”. The dog was passing through my fathers country (Woojarr) and decided to stay for couple of days before following the river (Angillary) up to Katherine where along the way creating country as he passed through. The dog eventually made his way to Alice Springs where he stayed for good.
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Balibaleng
Dora Griffiths continues in her father’s tradition by painting Country. In this print Dora depicts Balibaleng Midnight Creek in the Timber Creek area within the N.T. Balibaleng runs from the top left of the print across to the bottom right. The creek running down the bottom right is Saddle Creek and the two hills at the bottom are ant hills. The central hill is a small knob while the creek at the top right is Watermelon Creek. This creek was named after all the bush watermelon growing next to the creek providing a good source of food for cattle.
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Wandjina and the Spirits
Wandjina was like a God to our people, they believed that he would fill up the river and the water holes and give them food, kangaroos, turtles and other animals. Gwion Gwion figures are found in rock art around Kalumburu. Some are hunters, and some are dancers, and some are the servants of the Wandjina.
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Mother Hawk Eagle and Baby
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Gold Coast and West Coast
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Goodim – Keep River Gorge
This artist has depicted her mothers country. This is an area of the artist’s traditional country at Goodim near Keep River National Park close to Kununurra in Western Australia. This is spinifex country. The blue line curving through the painting represents Moonoomoorrem – the Keep River as it runs through the gorge indicated by the two hill ridges at the centre of the piece.
Basil Hall Editions.