Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Murnun (Dugong) Dugong can be found in the waters around Maningrida They are a protected species but do form part of a traditional manme (bushfood) diet for some saltwater communities.

Eiffel tower and the Maladj spirit – misprint “I want to tell you about my design, that Eiffel tower one. This year it was my first time going to Paris. I didn’t know that place, nothing. We travelled around the world to get there, we flew underneath the world in Read more…

Manbamo Printed by Abigail Namundja Seed pod of a tree or shrub, especially eucalypts (‘gumnuts’), acacias and the cup-shaped woody capsules of Melaleuca fruit. Also referred to as Bamomo in Kuninjku and Kune

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.   

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…

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…

Manbamo Seed pod of a tree or shrub, especially eucalypts (‘gumnuts’), acacias and the cup-shaped woody capsules of Melaleuca fruit. Also referred to as Bamomo in Kuninjku and Kune

Manbamo Seed pod of a tree or shrub, especially eucalypts (‘gumnuts’), acacias and the cup-shaped woody capsules of Melaleuca fruit. Also referred to as Bamomo in Kuninjku and Kune

Lorrkon – Joy Garlbin Lorrkon (hollow log) A beautiful hand printed Lino design by Joy Garlbin.

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