Mangkaja Arts

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Nyijil Nyijil

Tutujarti trees (desert walnut tree) and Yarun (blood wood) all around the big waterhole called Nyijil Nyijil, that way out in the desert; That’s my family country, my family comes from the desert”. The waterhole is from rainwater”

Turtujarti trees are valuable for their walnuts, which can be eaten when cooked, and also used for a black dye or paint.  Yarun wood is used for making coolamon, source of Bloodwood Apple, bush honey,The women get gum and seeds from the Bloodwood tree and put them on their heads as decoration.

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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 gift from our country.

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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.

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Collecting Bush Tucker

This is how my family and people lived in the desert. Collecting bush tucker and living of the land, walking from miles and miles.

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Yakarrn (Moon Dreaming)

Moon Dreaming. Two dingos started travelling, chasing the emu. Chase him all the way down. Blue ones are the lake and Lake stretch in Bililuna. I was born there. Lake Gregory (Barragu, Mussels in that water) Sturt River (Myarra, strong Camel).

Moon was directing the emu telling him the right way to go. Moon gave up and went up in the sky, emu was killed and creek formed.

The moon travelled from the east, he saw down below that the two dingoes were chasing an emu. The moon felt sorry for the emu, so he decided to help the emu. He called out to the emu and gave directions to keep him away from the two dingoes who were chasing him. The moon lead the emu to Lake Stretch, where finally the dingoes caught up to the emu. The emu struggled to run away, but the dingoes were eager to kill the emu, so they killed it. The dingoes fought over the emu as to who was going to eat it. Finally they both ate it. After that the moon dropped murungkut (little men) along the way. This is how Lake Stretch was formed.

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