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Jila Kujarra (Two Snakes) “Two jila (snakes) travelling. Old Warnman men, maparn (magic) men sat down to sing these snakes to sleep. Then they brought out a stone axe to sneak up and kill them, both snakes. The fat part, Read more…

Puntawarri This painting is a portrayal of Puntawarri, a now abandoned community in-between Jigalong and the Canning Stock Route. Puntawarri is on the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route, near Well 17 also known as Durba Springs. This place Read more…

Parnngurr Parnngurr is an Aboriginal community located 370km east of Newman, at the Southern end of the Karlimilyi area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Created during the Return to Country movement of the 1980s, with the recognition of 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…

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…

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…

Ngayurnangalku (Cannibal) Mummy “Some people not doing cannibal like this. I do him my way. This one the mummy Ngayurnangalku (cannibal), big mummy. He [she] been born in Puntawarri sandhill. He [she] got a big milky for her kid[s]. That’s Read more…

Wikiri This work depicts Wikiri [Midway Well], located east of Parnngurr along the Canning Stock Route. Caroline spent much time travelling around this region with her family in the pujiman (bush dwelling) era. A large soak and claypan dominate Wikiri, Read more…