Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Yabby and Barramundi

Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs) This design tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland – a dreaming place, a good dreaming place with plenty of Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs). Elizabeth’s homeland lies east of Maningrida, at the mouth of Blyth river. This country is known for a large spiritual mud crab, which lives in Read more…

Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs) This design tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland – a dreaming place, a good dreaming place with plenty of Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs). Elizabeth’s homeland lies east of Maningrida, at the mouth of Blyth river. This country is known for a large spiritual mud crab, which lives in Read more…

Crocodile A collaborative piece – designed by Jacinta Lamilami and printed by Lucy Yarawanga depicting the story of a crocodile.  This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile has been carved by the artist in Maningrida, and has been printed by hand using a variety of Read more…

Sea Weed

Mududu and Turtle 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 Read more…

Dilly Bag and Turtle

Ngalng 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. Ngalng started 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…

Ngarrbek (Echidna) SCIENTIFIC NAME :Tachyglossus aculeatus   A duwa moiety mammal residing in underground burrows in the rocky country of the Kuninjku lands of Arnhem Land.