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Kungkarangkalpa / Seven Sisters Kungkarangkalpa means the Seven Sisters. This is an extensive creation story that relates to the Pleiades constellation in the southern hemisphere. The story traverses Australia taking on different forms, however local women are privy to the part of the story which takes place in the country Read more…

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Mai – Bush Tucker Daisybell’s Story Travelling around getting bush tucker near my home. From when I was a tjitji (child) collecting mai (food). Travelling from home, not today but a long time ago. I would go with my family, friends, with tjitji tjuta (many children).

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Minyma Maalila-ku Ngura – Maalila’s Country This is a story of a woman named Maalila travelling south to west. She stopped near Kanpi area to look for a place to stay, her ngura (country). She was digging a hole to hide, she was scared of the wati (men). Maalila was Read more…

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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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