Bow River Country, Kathy Ramsay This is Bow River County. My family has a strong history of this place. My grandfather Timmy Timms (Snr) named the dams here redrock damn, and the redrock itself called redrock and the damn near Read more…
BUNGLE BUNGLES These are the hidden caves at the Bungles Bungles national park.
Yarralalil (cave dwelling spirit woman) by Mabel Juli My country, Springvale.That Yarralalil lives in the cave and she is a cheeky woman.When she has husband around, don’t go near the man.She is jealous for her husband. Moongoorr means jealous. She Read more…
Springvale “Well this one you know, our land, well before, no Gardiya (whitefella) was coming before… so I drew this one, like our ancestors from the Ngarrangarni (dreamtime), they lived in the cave, that’s their home, from long time before. Read more…
Warlawoon& Bow River Country – Kathy Ramsay This painting represents two countries – Kathy’s dad’s country, Warlawoon, and her country where she grew up, Bow River. One half is about the Warlawoon Country my dad Rammie Ramsay country my beautiful Read more…
Juwari- The Devil Spirit – by Peter Thomas The Juwari is the Devil Spirit. He is the power, force and spirit of creation iitself, and everything within it and within us He is the creation of country and the land, Read more…
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…
Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) In the past, sea turtles were an important food source for Kuku Yalanji people. Only men were allowed to hunt them. The men were also responsible for cooking them in a ground oven and distributing the meat to all the families. Read more…
Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature importantly Read more…