Mangkaja Arts

Fish swimming This painting is all about a billabong that near Noonkanbah these pandanus trees (wakiri) all around and all kind of fish barramundi’s live this billabong.

Lumpu Lumpu This is Lumpu Lumpu during the dry season. It’s got pamarr (rocks) at the back. There is a billabong at the front. My countrymen been camping here. They been catching bullocks and eating them. The station manager was angry about it so he came over the hills with Read more…

Soakwater This is living water in my country, the Great Sandy Desert.

Lumpu Lumpu This painting is of my mother and father’s country called Lumpu Lumpu. It is between Christmas Creek Station and Cherrabun Station. Before I was born my family lived around this area. It is good rocky country. There is good living water here. It is a sad place for Read more…

Fishing time when we go fishing first thing we is look for bait we sue frogs that a good bait to catch catfish and baramundi and also turtle.

bush country “This painting is about my mother country. There are hills, rocks, waterholes, sands, trees and grass”.

Naman Rockhole This Naman waterhole up in the hills.The water flow’s from this rock and turns to a creek called (Yabuloo) billabong the river run’s from there down to Cherrabun Creek that my country l use to walk this country many years ago. 

Nigin Nigin Waterhole This painting is all about four sand hills jilji and watrehole jumu called Nigin Nigin That my country way in the great sandy desert my famlie’s use to travel through this country many yaer ago when l was a little girl.

Japirnka Big mob water here, there’s a big snake there. I’ve left that country. My sister and brother and I stopped there. We hunted pussycat and goanna. I left there and walked to Bililuna.