Yurl Yurl “This is my brother Dusty’s country, he was born here. It is my country too but I was born at Jigalong. This country is the otherside of Puntawarri – my mother told me stories about this place. It’s good country.” This painting depicts Yurl Yurl, located in the Read more…
Puntawarri Minyipuru This painting depicts Puntawarri, the artists’ family’s country. Puntawarri is on the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route, near Well 17 also known as Durba Springs. Puntawarri is an important cultural area, east of the Jigalong Aboriginal Community, where the artist now lives with her family. The Read more…
Untitled This is Dadda’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Untitled This painting represents an area of Dadda’s Country east of Jigalong. While growing up at Jigalong mission, the artist returned to her home Country every weekend to hunt and camp. Dada is recognised as a great authority in Jigalong and is particularly knowledgeable about Country in that area. Many of Read more…
Mungulu This is Dadda’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Mungulu This Painting depicts Mungulu an important kupi (water) place kakarra (east) of Puntawarri a now abandoned community in-between Jigalong and well 17 on the Canning Stock Route. This area is her brother’s country. While growing up at Jigalong mission, the artist returned to her home every weekend to hunt Read more…
Untitled This is Dadda’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Wilarra “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been there. These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa spring- Read more…
Kinyu “Over there you can see Kinyu [dingo] hill (from Wungkakurlu)” – Owen John Biljabu This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical Read more…
Tuu-tuu Tuu-tuu is one of the many freshwater springs around Punmu community. The most frequently visited yinta (permanent springs) around Punmu include Wirlarra, Rawa, Yilyara, Jila-jila and Tuu-tuu. Punmu Aboriginal community sits on the edge of a large salt lake known as Ngayartakujarra, or Lake Dora. The lake runs south into Karlamilyi Read more…