Ngurra Palya “It’s good to be back on country and visiting country.” One of the first photographs that Albie Jack has ever taken it shows Garrard Anderson showing others through country with his knowledge acquired as a ranger.
Intergenerational teaching and connecting 2 country This is a photograph of Ikuntji ladies in a line following a path leading to rock art and carvings. I took this photograph because it shows the significance of people showing their respect to country.
Intergenerational teaching and connecting 2 country This is a photograph of Ikuntji ladies in a line following a path leading to rock art and carvings. I took this photograph because it shows the significance of people showing their respect to country.
Ngurra ngakutjaku – Long way from home Kungka kotara ngangyi graveyard tjama. (Two ladies visitng the graveyard of their grandfather). Taken on a trip to country in 2016 the photograph encapsulates the intimacy of the artist’s wife, Maisie Jugadai, in the foreground and Kelly Dixon. Both of them asked for Read more…
We have always been here Garrard was a ranger through the Central Land Council and visited on his journeys many rock art sites across the Western Desert. This painted rock art was to him a record of thousands of years of continuous occupation of the site at Muruntji – Cleland Read more…
Ngurra 4 – on country Doreen is collecting the firewood at Muruntji – Cleland Hills. She is setting up the camp with the other ladies and preparing the necessities for the night. Jeffrey captures the everyday of the camping trips, the familiarity on country and the beauty of this desert Read more…
Ngurra 3 – on country Maisie and Doreen at Cleland Hills. Jeffrey took this photo on a bush trip, during which seeds were collected and time on country was spent to share stories.
Ngurra 2 – on country This photo was taken at Muruntji – Cleland Hills and shows the devil woman, the ancestral spirit of the country.
Yalka at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion Dreaming at Lake Macdonald) Daphne was passed down the right to paint the Yalka Tjukurrpa at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion dreaming at Lake Macdonald) from her grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai. Narputta, who was a founding member of Ikuntji art centre and a prolific painter, was born Read more…
Yalka at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion Dreaming at Lake Macdonald) Daphne was passed down the right to paint the Yalka Tjukurrpa at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion dreaming at Lake Macdonald) from her grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai. Narputta, who was a founding member of Ikuntji art centre and a prolific painter, was born Read more…