Mangkaja Arts

Goldfield Country When you fly on a plane you can see the waterholes from the air grass and salt lakes and flat country that my country in the Goldfield.

Warramba Gilandirri This was the view the day before the warramba took out the bridge. Biggest flood in recorded history.Good thing this is Fitzroy Crossing.Where we always look after each other, especially in the toughest times Language is so important for people, it’s our connection to country.AndCountry is listening, country Read more…

Seed Collecting – Makurra Makurra is my favourite season. After the rains have passed, makurra (cold weather) has come full of blossoms. The seeds are now fully formed and have started to bloom brightening  up the the country side with beautiful colours. I paint the seed collecting because I take my Read more…

Cockatoos Feeding Cockatoos are feeding round with this gumtree leaves and nuts

Seed Collecting – Makurra Makurra is my favourite season. After the rains have passed, makurra (cold weather) has come full of blossoms. The seeds are now fully formed and have started to bloom brightening  up the the country side with beautiful colours. I paint the seed collecting because I take my Read more…

BILLABONG COUNTRY The roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs and have a beautiful flower.

Desert Flowers After the rain the jilji been have no good flowers, they been come after. Yellow, purple and orange, they all there. When we go back we see red and blue and yellow and purple flowers. All the kids we name for the desert flowers.

Martuwarra – Full Flood The high impact that came through. The prized new bridge built in the 1970s, but all washed away in this major flood.