Bulbuji I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. For us Bama (Kuku-Yalanji people), we can’t touch bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they are also maja (boss) for bana (water) and Read more…
Dikal, Bird There are many Dikal’s living on our bubu, country. I love camping with my families, anywhere, down the beach or at the river and listening to the Dikal’s singing.
Kababina & Kunjuri I am a Nyungul woman. My art depicts cultural, historical and contemporary stories from my bubu (Country) located in the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat areas in Far North Queensland. I wanted to paint one of the many lagoons from my Country. A kunjuri (shield) shape represents the Read more…
Yindili My painting is about the Yindili, kingfisher. There are a lot of kingfishers in Wujal Wujal. I was born in Katherine in the Northern Territory. I grew up in Darwin and spent time in Milingimbi. I decided to move to Wujal Wujal in 2022 to spend time with my Read more…
Kababina & Kunjuri I am a Nyungul woman. My art depicts cultural, historical and contemporary stories from my bubu (Country) located in the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat areas in Far North Queensland. I wanted to paint one of the many lagoons from my Country. A kunjuri (shield) shape represents the Read more…
Bulbuji I’m Kuku-Yalanji woman. My mum is from Wujal Wujal and my dad is from Laura, Chillagoe and Cooktown. For us Bama (Kuku-Yalanji people), we can’t touch bulbuji or wurarr-wurarr. They are sacred. Bulbuji start flying around once the rains come, they are also maja (boss) for bana (water) and Read more…
Kababina & Kunjuri I am a Nyungul woman. My art depicts cultural, historical and contemporary stories from my bubu (Country) located in the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat areas in Far North Queensland. I wanted to paint one of the many lagoons from my Country. A kunjuri (shield) shape represents the Read more…
Gunga Mät My painting depicts a gunga mät (pandanus mat) I learnt how to weave from my mother and during my time with the Crocodile Islands Junior Rangers. I also learned how to make string bags, dilly bags, earrings and woven mats during a workshop for the My mum taught me how to make Read more…
Baḻgurr Bathi I learnt how to make baḻgurr bathi (string bags) from my mum when I lived in Milingimbi (Northern Territory) and worked with the Crocodile Islands Junior Rangers. We would go and collect baḻgurr (Kurrajong – Brachychiton Populneus). We would cut good sized branches from the tree and then smash them with a Read more…
Kubal Kubal is the Kuku-Yalanji word for Brolga. This painting is about the dancing kubal, she likes to dance around the waterways. The dancing brolga has a long tapering beak and long, slender legs. I love the way how the brolga dances around in circles.