Bana Yirriji Art Centre

Status: Stock T-Shirt – Adult – Various Designs 2021/22 These shirts have been designed by Bana Yirriji Artists, Lila Creek – Kiju, Anne Nunn – Kunjuri, Sonya Creek – Magpie Geese, Cedric Friday – Bilngkumu.

Status: Stock Face Mask – Bana Yirrji Logo

Bulnja I am a Ngkugkul  woman from Shipton’s Flat, my mother’s Country.  My dad was a  Kaanju man from the Coen area. When I was about 14 years old I started painting bulnja (owls).  I was still at school. I liked looking at bulnja in the rainforest.  I liked their colours Read more…

Ngawiya, Sea turtle The Ngawiya, sea turtle is swimming and having a feed of Wuyul, sea grass. Caring for Jalanji bubu (sea country), is important for our people. Our family still practice traditional hunting methods as we want our grandchildren to respect and follow the proper ways to protect everything that lives in Read more…

Yindili I’ve painted yindili (kingfisher). There are  three types of Kingfisher that live around Wujal Wujal.  They live in the rainforest and along the coastal areas.  Yindili is a beautiful bird and very quick! Their feathers are like jewels.  You see them flying quickly, darting around. Their colours flash by, Read more…

Wabul This painting is about the wabul (Torres Strait pigeon).  It is a migratory bird that fly from the Torres Strait Island to the Australian mainland once a year to breed. The wabul are very good eating and I have lots of memories of my ngamu (mother) cooking up great feasts of wabul for my family when I Read more…

Kuyu My painting is about Kuyu, fish. I have made camps down the beach all my life. It started with my parents and grandparents taking me camping as a young child. Now I am older, and have a large family I take my grandkids and great grandkids down the beach to camp, make a big Read more…

Mili & Yunga I am Kuku Nyungkul from Shipton Flat area and have spent a lot of time camping out on Country collecting and hunting bush foods with my family. My painting depicts my totem, the Mili (Stinging Tree Dendrocnide moroides) and Yunga (Green Ants). My grandmother is from Wujal Read more…

Yindili My painting is about the female Yindili, Kingfisher. She is in love and seeking material fortune, she forgets what her natural path is. She is lost in the process and found all over again. Tested by temptation, it is all around us. We seem to forget what we do have Read more…

Mili I am a Jalanji saltwater woman.  Jalanji people have lots of stories about the reef. My painting’s story is about Mili (stinging jellyfish) stirring out on the reef. We were taught at a young age to watch out because these mili sting and can be very dangerous.  There are special plants Read more…