Murujuga This is a special place, Bunggiyalarra- two of the Mayalarri– Seven sisters landed in the sea near here. We need to protect it from Woodside’s Gas which is destroying the Petralyph carvings.
Milky Way The old people talk about the Milky Way, there’s different stories, Mayalarri Seven Sisters and the Jarnkurna emu. In the Milky Way, you can see a Jarnkurna emu. When the Milky Way turns up in the cold season, it means it’s time for nesting and they lay their eggs. The man Emu sits on Read more…
Burndud Ground The Burndud is the sacred Marrga creation spirits dance ground at Birlinbirlin on the Fortescue River. It is an important story in Yindjibarndi culture which relates to Birdarra Law. Its a dance in our traditions, It’s a unique law and it belongs to the Yindjibarndi people.
Salt Salt is just another mining resource. I painted this, an imagined lonely, exhausted and dry landscape in isolation.
The Station My father was a stockman. We use to go in the store house to get his rations.
Ngurra (Yindjibarndi Country)- Wendy Hubert Ngurra, country its beautiful its goonmardii (pleanty of food, good country) We can go fishing, we got kangaroos, turkeys, we never cook in the river, we cook up top. I paint to show people how to appreciate country, to not rubbish it, always pick your Read more…
