Moolyella Rockhol “This is a rockhole- people coming this side and people coming round this [other] side, coming to that waterhole. This painting is about every rockhole in Moolyella, where I used to work… We would walk and get some water from the rockholes and go away back home- get Read more…
Moolyella Rockhole “This is a rockhole- people coming this side and people coming round this [other] side, coming to that waterhole. This painting is about every rockhole in Moolyella, where I used to work… We would walk and get some water from the rockholes and go away back home- get Read more…
Bush Tucker “I like to paint bush foods and flowers.” – Mary Rowlands Depicted in this work are a combination of desert flowers and traditional types of mayi (plant food). During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally from water source Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a happy place to live. My spirit feels good living here. Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a happy place to live. My spirit feels good living here. Read more…
Yalta Yalta is a waterhole located between the Great Sandy Desert’s Percival Lakes region and Kunawarritji Aboriginal community. This site was visited by the Ngayurnangalku (cannibals) during the Jukurrpa (Dreaming). These fearsome ancestral cannibal beings are said to resemble people in their appearance, except for their fangs and long curved Read more…
Punmu “This area here is our Country. It’s our Country right here. We returned to our Country with a Toyota and a grader that made the road. A grader right up to here. Punmu is a good place. It’s a happy place to live. My spirit feels good living here. 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…
Kanapiti “This my grandmother’s country on my mum’s (Reena Rogers) side. One day I want to visit this place – the Parnngurr rangers will take me there soon” – Beverley Rogers Kanapiti hills are located south east of Parnngurr Aboriginal Community, where Reena lives today. This area is Reena’s Read more…
Tarl Tarl is a spring located at the southern end of the large salt lake, Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora), and at the south of Punmu Aboriginal community. Surrounding Tarl are numerous fresh water soaks and the permanent red tali (sandhills) typical of the area. Tarl features in the Jila Kujarra (Two Snakes) Jukurrpa narrative, one of the key Read more…