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Untitled “I was learning about painting from school and from watching Bamba’s [Corban Clause Williams] mob painting. Bamba is my little brother. I like a painting about Country, painting my grandfather’s Country- Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23).  I also like to go Read more…

Puntawarri “All around is sandhills and lakes on every side. You can see the grass, but the lakes are all dry. In the middle is Puntawarri waterhole. That’s the jila (snake) place, two jila. They nyupa (spouses), they darlings, man Read more…

Puntawarri “All around is sandhills and lakes on every side. You can see the grass, but the lakes are all dry. In the middle is Puntawarri waterhole. That’s the jila (snake) place, two jila. They nyupa (spouses), they darlings, man Read more…

Palatji (Palarji, Weld Springs, Canning Stock Route Well 9) Palatji (Palarji, Weld Springs, Canning Stock Route Well 9) is part of Miriam’s family’s ngurra (home Country, camp), located at the southern end of Martu Country and within the Birriliburu Indigenous Read more…

Taji “Taji- down Kumarina way. That’s where Putijarra people all been living, that’s our camping ground. We been get two [Native Title] determinations for our Country. We had a court in Kumarina, and we been win for that.”  – Miriam Read more…

Warlawurru (Punmu Hill) Warlawurru is a hill located just outside of Punmu Aboriginal community, and at the northern end of the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) region. The name for the hill derives from the Manyjilyjarra word for eagle hawk, the ancestral Read more…

Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25)  “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living- its all of their ngurra (home).It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for Read more…

Untitled This is Wurta Amy French’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting Read more…

Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and Read more…