Bula'bula Arts
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Lidji Lidji (Finch) This artwork represents totemic finches. These birds herald the beginning of the dry season and are associated with the Ganalbingu clan. Lidji Lidji are also represented in ceremonial song and dance.
Bula'bula Arts
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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…
Bula'bula Arts
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Baru Dhawu (Crocodile Story) Baru (the crocodile man), was from the Gumatj clan. People usually call him Gurdu Gurdu or Baru which means crocodile. He lived his life at a place called Yirrkala. Living near him were other people, and Read more…
Bula'bula Arts
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Wagilag ga Wititj Dhawu (Wagilag Sisters and Olive Python Story) The Wagilag Sisters are central to the four important ceremonies of the Dhuwa moiety; the Djungguwan, the Gunabibi, the Ngulmarrk, and the Mandaialla. The story is primarily an account of Read more…
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Sturt Pea The Sturt Pea has a vibrant red flower. It has a succulent sweet juice that can be eaten. These flowers carpet the Pilbara and defy odds, blooming in the driest of conditions.
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Our Country (The Pilbara) The Pilbara is the country where we the Yindjibarndi people live and share many of our Cultural stories and history that have been passed onto us by our ancestors, of how they used to walk through Read more…
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
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Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) ‘My designs, they are all alive living up in my head’- Janet Marawarr Janet Marawarr has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this design can be interpreted Read more…
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation
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Ngaldadmurrng (Saratoga) This design tells the story of Saratoga dreaming, a freshwater fish that swims on the edge of creeks and rivers. This design is the Saratoga dreaming from the Mularra songline. Where the Saratoga we call Murdulngu, Danguny travelled Read more…
Yinjaa-Barni Art
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Burst of Spring Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our country. After the rain all the wildflowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle. The artist often sponges her background using earthy colours. She painted over this Read more…