Woven Basket – On the land Woven basket – On the land Raffia dyed using yellow from Turmeric and brown using Coffee Our artists create coiled baskets using a variety of materials including native grasses, natural and synthetic dyes, feathers, gum nuts, wool and raffia. The baskets vary in size and shape. Read more…
The Arrival As told to me by my Grandfather when i was a child ..The first time our people saw a white man was when the sailors ,, came on the murray river ,, our people were very affaid ,as they thought they were ghost , and with their red Read more…
fishing on Cummeragunja The main nsource of diet was fish at Cummeragunja . so people would go to the river morning or afternoon and do their fishing
Camp fire – emu in the sky Memories of time spent on the river stories around camp fires that passed down from elders,, the emu in the sky in the stars this was also when the time of the month when they would lay their eggs
Lighting fires this painting gives an insight ,into learning traditional ways , on the river ways traditional methods and survival in lighting a camp fire Connecting to family and country
Smoking Smokingof a small child was a form of punishment , an elder would hold the child over smoke of a fire for a short time . This would calm the child down , stopped them being , naughty eg; throuwing stones in the water whilst someone was fishing screaming Read more…
Ulupna Island Initiation the story behind this art piece , is about Ulupna island and the initiation of men on country displayed , throughout the landscape and ocher coloured border . Also the billabongs , rivers , waterholes . where we fished and swam, for thousands of years ..