tarpu living waterhole Tarpu is a big jila (waterhole, spring) in the Great Sandy Desert. Thats turtujarti country (desert walnut), them trees little ones turtujarti and the big ones turtujarti, them they’re yarun (bloodwood, trees with lighter trunks)”.
PARLPATA WATERHOLE “Parlpata Jila (springwater) not little one, big big one, and jilji (sandhill), out bush long way other side of Japirnka in the Great Sandy Desert. I been kill a big fat goanna here, I been dig him up from the ground. I bin also drink this water when Read more…
JAPIRNKA NYULNYUL WARNTI These waterholes are right out in my country. The top one is Warnti, Japirnka jila, Nyulnyul jila. My family walked this land looking for food hunting.
MY FATHER COUNTRY THIS IS MY FATHER COUNTRY INTHE SOUTH OF THE GREAT SANDY DESERT
Yirrirriny – Mirage When I was a young girl I was walking with my jaja ( grandmother) and japi (grandfather). I said to them “Look there is water there, I am thirsty”. My grandfather said ” No, that is not water, that is yirrirriny, (heat haze). Yirrirriny is a heat Read more…
My Father’s Country This jila is a big one. This jila important for me. I was born here at Wirnpa. This is my father’s country. There is grass and shrub surrounding waterhole.”
