Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Dilly Bags A design from the Babbarra Designs Archive for purpose of exhibition. Not for sale.

Ngalyod Ngalyod (Rainbow serpent) Rainbow spirit coming from billabong. Rainbow serpent dreaming.  Coming from billabong, that place we call billabong where that ngalyod (rainbow serpent) lives. All that wayuk (waterlily), all them kundalk (grass) and pandanus, making skirt. That’s the story now. – Jennifer Wurrkidj Rainbow serpent, daughter of the Read more…

Mat, Fish Trap and Hollow Log A design from the Babbarra Designs Archive for purpose of exhibition.  Not for sale.

Hollow Logs TBC A design from the Babbarra Designs Archive for purpose of exhibition. Not for sale.

Turtle Shell A design from the Babbarra Designs Archive for purpose of exhibition. Not for sale.

Meeting place An archived design by Janet Marawarr – story TBC

Bawáliba (Stone Country Mimih) ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance late at night and have a lot of hair. In olden times, Read more…

Djenj dja Komrdawh “My country is called Mankorlod. It is near the rock country. My dreaming is komrdawh (long neck turtle), the one I painted in my design. I like to eat komrdaw, it tastes really nice. We catch them in dry and wet season near Mankorlod. This is my Read more…

Wubbunj (Paperbark Canoe) “Wubbunj is our traditional canoe. This design is the old history story of how people came to live in this place we call Maningrida. Two old people were staying on the other side of the saltwater, in Narlarrambarr area. The old people slept in a paper bark Read more…