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Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) My Bush Medicine My Mother, Lilly Kemarre, taught me to paint. She likes to paint her Mother’s and Father’s country from the old days, when they used to live off of the land. The landscape changes during the different seasons in the Read more…

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Kindy Kemarre Ross – Arlekamern (Waterhole) Irrultja When you look from top of the hill at Irrultja you can see the arlekamern (waterhole). Irrultja is my father’s country, it is my country. I used to swim in the waterhole when I was little. I think it is beautiful. I feel Read more…

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Lucy Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) I paint my Mother’s country. I travelled all around my country with my mother when I was child, my mother showed me the bush medicine and bush tucker. The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists Read more…

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Gunderson Kemarre Lewis – Atyenh Anyany Amper (Great Grandmothers Country) 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 Read more…

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Kiara Pula Ladd – Apmer (Land) I am new to painting. I am a singer and I love to perform, I have a music video. My mum Robina Pitjara Jones and my dad Kelvin Kemarre Ladd are both great painters, and my dad is a singer too. I really like Read more…

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Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. My twin sister Lotoya and I have just started painting, our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching us, she tells us all about the bush Read more…

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Alec Pula Lewis – Atyenh Amer Areyel Amper (My View of Country) Alec was born at McDonald Downs Station. He grew up there with his family living traditionally on the land.  Alec did not attend school, he moved between different communities with his family.  Knowing your country is an important Read more…

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Robina Pitjara Jones – Atyenh Amper (My Country) This is my country out in Utopia an outstation called Soapy Bore it’s  my Father’s country, there’s  big soakage, hills, bush medicine and bush tucker. All my family paint, my grandmother, my mother and aunties. I like to paint, I think about my Read more…

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Kelvin Kemarre Ladd – Ilenty (Galahs) Our first pet was an ilenty (galah). My dad caught him, it used to be in the house all the time, feeding on Weetabix, yeah, but when he grew old and that, he started to fly around and coming back to places, and start Read more…

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Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Anhelengkw (Emu) Dreaming Anhelengkw (emu) dreaming is the breast body painting depicting the story of the mother emu who runs away and leaves the father emu to look after the eggs until they hatch, he then raises the chicks. This story is passed down through Maisie’s family and celebrated Read more…

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