Mangkaja Arts

Gogo Station This is about Gogo station on the old road. When I was young we were living there. We used to collect the coloured rocks from the hills, all different colours. Our mothers too and parents collected stones. We would gift it to our teachers and people as a Read more…

Martuwarra – Fitzroy River This is sawfish and eel and stingray. We all eat all of them.

Martuwarra – Fitzroy River This fish we eat. Barramundi or brim, catfish. This is crocodile sometimes we eat. We eat young one. Stripy fish we get for bait. 

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.

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. You can see the flowers that come up after the rain season. All the flowers and animals that come round the billabong.

Martuwarra Sonia was born by a billabong at Noonkanbah community. Her parents were Walmajarri whose movements led them to live by the Fitzroy River. Sonia has lived most her life at Noonkanbah. A compulsive artist, Sonia for a long time was a teacher’s aid at the local school where she Read more…

Jarridi Waterhole This is Jarridi Waterhole. People come to this place for meeting and dance.