Untitled “Sand dunes, going into Punmu from Telfer side. Long sand dunes, short sand dunes.” – Judith Aspro The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, an enormous tract dominated by distinctive red tali or tuwa (sandhills). These sandhills Read more…
Jartuti “Jartuti water place east of Parnngurr. In pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days old people walked and hunted there, we went there recently with KJ (Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa) ranger mob, lovely place.” – Beverley Rogers Jartuti is a water source located close to Parnngurr Aboriginal Community (otherwise known as Cotton Creek), and Read more…
Spinifex “When I went back to County, I thought how beautiful the spinifex was. How the sun glazed against the spinifex. The County that I speak of is Jilukurru, my grandfather’s country.” – Kathleen Maree Sorenson Martu Country is dominated by striking permanent tali (sandhills) covered with spinifex, gums, and Read more…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…
Marapinti (Marrapinti) “Marapinti, close to Kiwirkurra. That’s my auntie’s ngurra (home Country, camp), her Jukurrpa (Dreaming). Most of that area is sandhill, with a big rock on the side. Very sacred place- no man can go. That’s a woman’s place. The Seven Sisters were there. They still there, they stayed Read more…
Jalura (Clouds), Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment) “All the flowers, little rockholes. All the flowers are nice colours. Some good bush tucker [here] too, also here is the jirntu (sun) going down and stars coming up.” – Helen Dale Samson This painting depicts all of the jalura (clouds) and the different colours of the sky above Read more…
Karanyal (Canning Stock Route Well 20) “My ngurra (home Country, camp), I been born near to Karanyal, my mother’s Country. Mummy been travelling here.” – Ngamaru Bidu Karanyal (Canning Stock Route Well 20) is located between Parnngurr Aboriginal Community and Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment). This site lies within Ngamaru’s ngurra Read more…
Mum, The Boss, My Daughter and the Wanti (Woman, Girl)- Sylvia Wilson “It’s pretty much the line of thought of my family. So that’s my daughter and then my granny- ‘Nan Nan’ they call her- and then my mum, SW. And that’s my nanna Lorna. It’s pretty much the line Read more…
