My Father’s Country – Rita Pitjara Beasley “This is my Father’s country. This place is our hunting place. I always go with my daughters and their children, I show them this place and teach them about the swampy country. We hunt for goannas, bush potato, bush tomato and after the Read more…
Bush Flowers – Nancy Pitjara Frank 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 me and my younger sister Rita the traditional way to hunt for Read more…
My Fathers Country – Kathleen Nanima Rambler The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. I paint the country of my Father and Mother and where they grew up, near Barrow Creek. “This is the Read more…
My Father’s Country and Bush Medicine – Rosie Kemarre Morton The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. Rosie has painted her Father’s country, where she can always find bush tucker and bush medicine. She Read more…
Bush Medicine Plants “Bush medicine plants are used for healing on the body and for drinking. We make this by grinding the plants with a rock, we use the juice and the fibre of the plant. We collect bush medicine plants when we are out hunting. Different kinds of plants Read more…
Bush Flowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “When I go out hunting, I like Read more…
My Grandmothers Country – Denise Ngwarraye Bonney The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories belong. Denise paints ‘Tijamburra’, her Grandmothers country. “This is my Mothers Mothers country, out near Canteen Creek, we go hunting for Read more…
My Country – Diane Kemarre Ross The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. “This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is where we like to go after big rain. After big Read more…
Wildflowers – Joyrene Ngwarraye Holmes When I go hunting for Echidna around the sandhills of Ampilatwatja I always spot the wild flowers and honey flowers. We tap the Bankias against our hand and get the honey, it is sweet to taste. After the rain and bushfires all the new flowers pop Read more…
Great Grandmothers Country – Gunderson Kemarre Lewis I paint my Great Grandmothers country around Canteen Creek. Long time ago she hunted around this soakage in this country. When I paint, I paint that country, the soakage the bushflowers the sandhills and the distant mountains. I hunt this country now.