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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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Leanne Teece – Anterrengeny – My Father’s Country Anterrengeny is my Father’s country. I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the session.

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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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Donald Kemarre Thompson – Apernelheyel Apernelheyel is to rub oneself with paint or ochre in preparation for ceremony. Donald’s painting depicts the kind of patterns seen on the bodies of men during ceremonial song and dance. “A lot of Lore songs, men are painted up and singing. Men paint themselves behind 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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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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Minnie Ngwarraye Morton – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) Minnie is the daughter of Annie Kemarre, her joyous, colourful, patterned paintings depict local bush medicine and bush flower plants and are distinctly her own style

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Levina Pitjara Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) When I paint, I think of the stories my Grandmother Lilly tells me of how she and her family used to live. Where they lived on her country as she was growing up and how they followed their mothers and their grandmothers. Read more…

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Latoya Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) These bush flowers grow seasonally in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. I have just started painting, my grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching me, she tells me all about the bush flowers. The community Read more…

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