Burlupurr – large dillybag Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon Read more…
Burlupurr – large dillybag Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon Read more…
WINUBA SPRING ‘That’s Winuba Spring again,’ Evelyn Malgil says. ‘I just do him different shapes you know, different ways.’ ‘This is my father country. Hot water spring and cold water spring. Those big hills are my family place. That water Read more…
LALANGGARRANY DU DARNDAL -CROCODILE & TURTLE ‘That’s that darndal and lalangkarrany. And that big mangkerrekerreny this side, big lizard. That his thamanyji –grandpa for lalangkarrany. And his grandma again old darndal, he Nangala. Yeah. Juwurruny, lalangkarrany and mangkerrgerreny [is] Jungurrany. Read more…
Warndiwal This painting is of the Country on Springvale station, Barlinyin. Recently, in the wet season, Rusty travelled to this place with his grandchildren. There they were shown how to catch and kill a goanna, they learnt new Gija words, Read more…
JUMULUNY NGARRANGGARNI This is a painting of Dougie’s traditional country, where he was born,where he was raised and where he worked as a young man. The country is called Ngarrgooroon and it lies east from Warmun. Jumuluny means boab in Read more…
Jumulunj (Boab Tree) This is the Jumulunj (boab tree) Peggy says, that’s for women – Ngalim ngalim-boorroo. When women gave birth out in the bush, they would often put their placentas in the boab tree, to make the babies strong. Read more…
