Malu Basket I Malu here on Kubin shows different colours during the day as the tide is coming up. Which always makes it a nice beautiful day to go out fishing and spear fishing and diving. Art Centre notes: The bag Read more…
Purple Emu basket Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc rhoncus tempus nibh. Duis consectetur augue et nulla tristique fringilla. Vivamus turpis nisi, venenatis eget venenatis vel, faucibus eget magna. Mauris laoreet pulvinar dui, a consectetur lorem aliquet Read more…
Ganalbingu – Banda (Long Necked Turtle) The long necked turtle is a dreaming totem for the freshwater people, the Ganalbingu, whose country includes the World Heritage listed, Arafura Wetlands in Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory The Yolngu (people) of Arnhem Read more…
Pelican (Warbalulu) ga Wuldulbal/badju (bream) at The Crossing JB paints stories from his Dhuwa homeland in northeast Arnhem Land. Stories are passed on either paternally or maternally, and JB would have learnt these stories from his ancestors. The cross-hatching style Read more…
Barramundi Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems. For this weaving, Read more…
Untitled “This is my Country. My little brother was born here in pujiman (traditional, desert-dwelling) times. I was a big girl, no man yet. We were walking a long way.” – Nyanjilpayi (Ngarnjapayi) Nancy Chapman “When I was born Read more…
Luka “Luka is my home, my mummy and grandmother and father’s Country, all the families’ Country. This place is near the same place I was born. There’s pussy cat, dingo and fox all around. That jila (snake) there inside, always Read more…
Yarnkarl Yarnkarl is a claypan, creek and soak at the southern end of Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora). This site lies within Nyanjilpayi’s ngurra (home Country, camp), the area which she knew intimately and travelled extensively with her family in her youth. Read more…
Wantili “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living- it’s all of their ngurra (home Country, camp). It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and Read more…
Bush Tucker Depicted in this work are traditional types of bush tucker, their habitats, and their related hunting and gathering methods. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving Read more…