Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the 20th century Kunawarritji was converted into a well along the Read more…
Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). My mum [Jugarda Dulcie Gibbs] painted the same. It’s my father’s Country; he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. Read more…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the 20th century Kunawarritji was converted into a well along the Read more…
Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) “Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) is my grandfather’s Country. There’s a waterhole there, Kaalpa waterhole. It’s my two pops’ Country. They been walking around, hunting around Kaalpa. You can see a yapu (rock), warla (lake), claypans, karru (creek) and tuwa (sandhills) there. It’s on the [Canning] Stock Route, it’s Read more…
Kunawarritji, Yalta, Junpunkutja “That’s my great, great grand parent’s Country. My grandfathers’ and grandmother’s Country. You go through 33 Well (Kunawarritji, Canning Stock Route Well 33).” – Marianne Burton This work depicts three specific sites that form part of Marianne’s and May’s ngurra (home Country, camp) through their great, great grandparents. Read more…
Kunawarritji, Yalta, Junpunkutja “That’s my great, great grand parent’s Country. My grandfathers’ and grandmother’s Country. You go through 33 Well (Kunawarritji, Canning Stock Route Well 33).” – Marianne Burton This work depicts three specific sites that form part of Marianne’s and May’s ngurra (home Country, camp) through their great, great grandparents. The Read more…
Junpunkutja This work portrays an area of Country that can be interpreted in multiple ways. Firstly, the image may be read as an aerial representation of a particular location known to the artist- either land that they or their family travelled, from the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era to now. During Read more…
