Yilyara, Tutu, Rawa, Jila-Jila and Wirlarra Punmu refers to a region and an Aboriginal community within its vicinity, located 670km North-East of Newman. Created during the return to Country movement of the 1980s, with the recognition of Martu land rights Read more…
Pinangu Pinangu is a large claypan and adjacent soak located south east of Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora). This site lies within Beverley’s ngurra (home Country, camp) through her mother. Pinangu features as a site in the Wati Kujarra (Two Goanna Men) Read more…
Punmu “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been Read more…
Wirlarra (Wilarra) Wirlarra, the site depicted in this painting, lies on the eastern edge of a large salt lake, Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora), near Punmu Aboriginal community. A distinctive group of small salt water pools are clustered together here. The water Read more…
Jila-Jila Jila-jila is one of several soaks located close to Punmu Aboriginal Community, and on the eastern edge of Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment). Extensive permanent tali (sandhills) surround this soak. Jila-jila is also a popular area for collecting minyarra (bush Read more…
Kurjarala “Kurjarala [is a] spring in the middle of the lake, north side of Bidyadanga. My family used to walk round there. Now [they’ve] all gone back to Punmu.” – Beverley Rogers As Beverley here describes, Kurjarala is a yinta (permanent spring) Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a Read more…
