KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Lila Creek – Baral Print I am a Nyungkul woman from Shipton’s Flat, my mother’s Country. My dad was a Kaanju man from the Coen area. This fabric print represents Bara which means tracks and what animals are travelling around. Some of the tracks we see are from kurriyala, snake, walkarr, Read more
Dikal – Bird/s These birds are Australian wildlife. Some of these birds are Aboriginal bush-tucker and some are messenger birds which mean some of them have different meanings such as death, sickness, and love.
Gunga, Pandanus Mat. DC My painting depicts the Gunga, a woven Pandanus Mat. I learnt how to weave by my mother. She taught me how to make baskets from pandanus using the coiling technique. I learnt how make string bags, dilly bags and woven mats during a workshop for junior Read more
KAMBI – Fashion Collection, Lila Creek – Baral Print I am a Nyungkul woman from Shipton’s Flat, my mother’s Country. My dad was a Kaanju man from the Coen area. This fabric print represents Bara which means tracks and what animals are travelling around. Some of the tracks we see are from kurriyala, snake, walkarr, Read more
Kiju – Crab Kiju (mud crab) is very good eating. I have been hunting kiju with my family all my life. We make a fire on the beach and wait for it to die down and then cook the kiju on the coals. In my culture, we leave the shell where we catch the kiju so Read more
Kiju – Crab Kiju (mud crab) is very good eating. I have been hunting kiju with my family all my life. We make a fire on the beach and wait for it to die down and then cook the kiju on the coals. In my culture, we leave the shell where we catch the kiju so Read more
Hand Painted – Clapsticks Bana Yirriji Art Centre represents artists from the Yalanji, Nyungkul and Jalunji clan groups. Bama (local people) have had a long history of artistic expression, including ceremonial body painting, weavings made from local plants, rainforest shields and weaponry decorated with clan designs using earth pigments. Today, artists Read more
Hand Painted – Clapsticks Bana Yirriji Art Centre represents artists from the Yalanji, Nyungkul and Jalunji clan groups. Bama (local people) have had a long history of artistic expression, including ceremonial body painting, weavings made from local plants, rainforest shields and weaponry decorated with clan designs using earth pigments. Today, artists Read more
Hand painted textiles These textiles have been hand painted by the local indigenous artists from Wujal Wujal. Each cloth is unique. All have been hand crafted in the Bana Yirriji Art Centre. Each piece of fabric has its own story, which is a statement from the artist that reflects their culture and connection to Country. The Read more
Kubal (Dancing Brolga) 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.