Old River, Ochre Mines 28,000 years ago, the Cadell Fault happened, a major earthquake on Yorta Yorta country. The Earth rose 200ft high, pushing all the water out of the rivers and flooding the country. The old people needed to move the water, so they got their digging sticks and Read more…
Keep the Fire Burning of Fire Sticks This artwork tells a story of keeping the fire burning. It displays fire sticks Xanthorrhea tree, in Yorta Yorta we call him Bitdja tree, bitdja means fire in Yorta Yorta language. The stalk of the Bitdja tree is a softwood. The old people Read more…
Rainbow Serpent (Dungala Dreaming) In my culture many years ago a magical event occurred the rainbow serpent covered and or travelled over 2500 km along the Murray River transforming the landscapes that we know today, passing through many traditional boundaries connecting, people, water and the land.
Status: Stock Medium woven earring with quandong seed. Medium woven earring with quandong seed
My Totem the long neck turtle This is my spiritual emblem the long neck turtle inherited from my tribe the Yorta Yorta tribe.
Gone but not forgotten From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it Read more…
