Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – Alpeyt Alpeyt (Flowers Blooming) Walking across my land to look for bush flowers and goanna. I bring home to make medicine for my family and cook the goanna for dinner. Goanna is my favourite to eat.
An-gujechiya (Fish Trap) To make fish traps and fish net fences artists firstly get vine (mirlarl) from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it; they make rings Read more…
Charli Charli explores the complexity of a mother and daughter relationship. Where love and heaviness can exist side by side. It reflects the feeling of trying to support someone, who may not be ready to be helped, and the emotional Read more…
Diane Kemarre Ross – Atyenh Amper (My Country) This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is where we like to go after big rain. After big rain there, we can go swimming. There is always good hunting Read more…
Nancy Pitjara Frank – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) I was born in the bush at Ammaroo Station, along the Sandover. I have never seen the ocean or a big city. My mother and father were strong healthy people who taught Read more…
Rita Pitjara Beasley – Anpatyirreyel Iwerr (Following a Track) These are tracks I follow along my country when I go hunting for bush medicine
Seeds and Waterholes After the rains in the wet season, the waterways are full and the seeds are ready to come up.
Waterholes This painting shows the many waterholes you find in the Pilbara region. Some are well known, others are hidden amongst the hills.
Punmu “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been Read more…