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Punmu Kapi (Water) Punmu is an Aboriginal community located 670km North-East of Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Created during the return to Country movement of the 1980s, with the recognition of Martu land rights and native title, Read more…

Punmu Kapi (Water) Punmu is an Aboriginal community located 670km North-East of Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Created during the return to Country movement of the 1980s, with the recognition of Martu land rights and native title, Read more…

Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements Read more…

Yilyara Yilyara is one of several frequently visited yinta (permanent springs) located in the Country immediately surrounding Punmu Aboriginal community. Yilyara is located immediately east of Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora), a vast and culturally significant salt lake in the north east 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…

Jakapiri “Jakapiri is a plant found in the sand dunes, they used to make sandals with it.” – Morika Biljabu This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert Read more…

Yirriya “I paint my dad’s country Yirriya.  It’s got running water coming out of the ground into a big dam, surrounded by lots of trees.  It’s really green.  It’s on Rawlinson Ranges 50-60km from Warakurna.  Nearby is Circus Waters where Read more…

Yirriya “I paint my dad’s country Yirriya.  It’s got running water coming out of the ground into a big dam, surrounded by lots of trees.  It’s really green.  It’s on Rawlinson Ranges 50-60km from Warakurna.  Nearby is Circus Waters where Read more…