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Status: Stock ‘Makinti ku Walka’ Tote by Makinti Minutjukur (Rust) The well-known Ernabella Walka evolved out of the very first drawings that children had made in the mission school in 1940. Makinti came to the art centre as a young girl when it was still the craft room. Ernabella Arts Read more…

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Piltati – Elizabeth Dunn’s story Piltati is Elizabeth’s great-grandfather’s country and her dreaming story. Two brothers were married to two sisters and they all lived together. One day the two men go out hunting, looking for malu (kangaroo). They travel everywhere and find nothing. They start to worry – what Read more…

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Piltati – Elizabeth Dunn’s story Piltati is Elizabeth’s great-grandfather’s country and her dreaming story. Two brothers were married to two sisters and they all lived together. One day the two men go out hunting, looking for malu (kangaroo). They travel everywhere and find nothing. They start to worry – what Read more…

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Tjukurpa Kunpu (Strong Story) Before ration times, our life was from Tjukurpa. We ate all the mai putitja (bush foods) and we were happy. Later, petrol came, marijuana came and there was no work. People left their Country, they are going everywhere and they are lost. The Government tries to Read more…

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Maku (Witchetty Grub) Derek’s Story This is a tjukurpa (story) from near Mimili on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands from when Aṉangu (people) came here a long time ago. When the maku (witchetty grub) was finished, people sang the maku to make them come back. They sang and danced Read more…

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