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Bush Flower A beautiful hand printed design by Jennifer Wurrkidj and Abigail Namandja. An aqua blue cotton with light grey, light green and dark green ink.

Birlmu (Barramundi) Abigail Namandja depicts the story of Birlmu in this beautiful, hand-printed lino design. Green cotton with light blue and pink ink.

Mandjabu “In old times people would make these mandjabu (fish traps) to go fishing. They are made with vine we find in the jungle. That old man, Anchor Gulunba, he showed me how to make these fish traps. I would Read more…

Mimih and Kangaroo Jay Jurrupula depicts the story of ‘Kangaroo and Mimi spirit told with her hand carved, Lino print design.

Modjarrkki & Namurre Boko ‘Bini-murreko means two brothers – big brother and little brother. Two brothers were really strong leaders and good hunters, sharing animals with different tribes. With those different tribe there were jealousy going on. Little brother went Read more…

Namorodo, Manbedde & Rolk Namorodo, Manbedde (quinine tree Petalostigma pubescens ) and rolk (maggot) ‘This one is pandanus we call them Kundayarr and kundalk that’s grass, little billabong and leaves from the rock country and this skin, the tree made Read more…

Mimih and Modjarrkki ‘This is a true story. My great great grandfather and my father told this story and I tell it to my children. It’s about a freshwater crocodile called Modjarrkki. One day an unmarried man who was camping with Read more…

Waterlily and Mermaid A beautiful hand printed design by Jay Jurrupula. ‘The mermaid design, that was my daughter design, Cindy Rostron, my daughter was helping me to make this.. she’s the djungkay for this mermaid design..’ Jay Rostron 2021

Bawáliba (Stone Country Mimih) ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance late at Read more…

Modjarrkki Modjarrkki (crocodile story) ‘This is a true story. My great great grandfather and my father told this story and I tell it to my children. It’s about a freshwater crocodile called Modjarrkki. One day an unmarried man who was Read more…