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Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print TITLE                          Au-gujechiya YEAR                          2022 MEDIUM                     Screen print DETAILS                    2 screen Au-gujechiya  means  fishtrap in the Burrarra language which is one of the traditional  languages spoken in the Maningrida region. Elizabeth’s homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land which located on a saltwater estuary, a great place for catching fish. Elizabeth obtained Read more…

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Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print TITLE                          Au-gujechiya YEAR                          2022 MEDIUM                     Screen print DETAILS                    2 screen Au-gujechiya  means  fishtrap in the Burrarra language which is one of the traditional  languages spoken in the Maningrida region. Elizabeth’s homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land which located on a saltwater estuary, a great place for catching fish. Elizabeth obtained Read more…

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Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print TITLE                          Au-gujechiya YEAR                          2022 MEDIUM                     Screen print DETAILS                    2 screen Au-gujechiya  means  fishtrap in the Burrarra language which is one of the traditional  languages spoken in the Maningrida region. Elizabeth’s homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land which located on a saltwater estuary, a great place for catching fish. Elizabeth obtained Read more…

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Mandjabu Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One is called mandjabu and is made from a strong, durable vine called milil, and a smaller one is called manylik mandjabu, and made from the grass manylik. The mandjabuconical fish trap is bigger and stronger and used in tidal reaches Read more…

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Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) TITLE                          Au-gujechiya YEAR                          2022 MEDIUM                     Screen print DETAILS                    2 screen Au-gujechiya  means  fishtrap in the Burrarra language which is one of the traditional  languages spoken in the Maningrida region. Elizabeth’s homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land which located on a saltwater estuary, a great place for catching fish. Elizabeth obtained permission from Read more…

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Manbirrbbirr (small bush flowers) In Kuninjku the name manbirrbbirr is used for a number of densely flowering shrubs and small trees including Verticordia cunninghamii, yellow flowering Austromyrtus species and also Acacia platycarpa which also has dense white.   

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