Babbarra Women’s Centre

Baskets, Mats and Catfish

Bawaliba and Ngalyod (Rainbow Serpent) ‘My Kikka (mother), when she was alive, she would tell me these stories. I was just a  little girl and she would tell us the stories in her language Gurrgoni. In the camps there were boy and girl Bawaliba, and old Bawaliba too. They loved Read more…

Kukurlk Kare (Going Underground) Karrinung kukurlk kare, karrijare manme (we are going underground looking for food). “This is my country. In this painting, I’m looking at her little bit different way. This is what we see when we’re kukurlk kare (going underground) Man-kurndalh (Black plum) I call mother. It is Read more…

Romolo One of Lucy’s latest linocut designs, Romolo, green frog. Lucy is an experienced textile artist at Bábbarra Women’s Centre. Lucy often references her ancestral stories in her textile work, including Bawaliba (Djinkarr spirit woman), with various lino and screen prints depicting this same narrative. Lucy is from the Gurr.goni language Read more…

Kunmadj Kunmadj is the Kuninjku term for large woven collecting baskets, known as dillybags. They are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The baskets are used to collect a variety of heavy foods, such as fish Read more…

Mududu A new design by Lucy celebrating her love of eating mudcrab.  Mududu is mudcrab in the Gurgoni language. ‘I feel good waking up in the morning, knowing I am going to Bábbarra. After work I go home and talk about my printing with all my family, and then I Read more…

Baskets, Mats and Catfish

Kunred (Rock Country)

Ngalng and Durum Ngalng (fresh water yabby) ‘This is a story from Mankorlod. This is a djang story. This is the creation story about the fresh water yabby. Starting with the stone, that’s the raw one and the cooked one. The stone rock suddenly turned to ngalng, in a flash. Read more…

Djanbokkon and Mimih ‘There is a special kunwaral (like a spirit) called ‘Djanbokkon’. This is a kunwaral that comes from water and no one has seen it. This is a true Kunwaral and she goes everywhere in the country. Her body is striped. She is a secret dog and she Read more…