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Daisy Kemarre Moss – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) Daisy has painted her Mother’s country, Kngwarraye country. Kngwarraye is one of the four main skin names of Ampilatwatja. Bush medicine, goanna and many other traditional bush foods are found here. This is where Daisy’s traditional laws lie. Daisy paints Read more…

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Sevania Kemarre Bonney – Atyenh Anyany Amper (My Great Grandmothers Country) My Great Grandmothers Country is where we go hunting. We hunt arlewatyerr (goanna) and arwengerrp(bush turkey). After the big rains we swim in the river. We look for sweet alkwarrer (bush banana), anaty (bush potato) and akarley (wild oranges). I Read more…

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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.

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Kindy Kemarre Ross – Irrultja is My Country My country is called Irrultja, it’s past the hill and the dried-up creek from here, it’s a nice place, my dad’s country too, and my Mum’s country is here in Ampilatwatja. When I go to see my country, we always go to Read more…

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Jessie Pula Luck – Atyenh Artna Arnernp (My Bush Medicine) I was born in Irrultja, my father’s country. I paint therrpeyt, a plant with red and pink flowers, it is my family symbol. You can suck the flowers to get a sweet honey from. You can wash your body with Read more…

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Beverly Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush plants has been handed down through generation to generation and Read more…

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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 on my country. It is good for me to paint Read more…

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Jacinta Pula Morrison – Atyenh Amer Areyel Amper (My View of Country) This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja. Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is Read more…

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Susan Ngwarraye Philomac – Spring Creek Kwetyaylp (donkeys) and nantew (horses) would come and drink from the water at Spring Creek on my father’s country.  We would put a bucket in the sand we would filter the water so we could drink it.  When I was young girl we would Read more…

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