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…
Tuwa (sandhills) in Puntawarri “I do tuwa (sandhill) in my own style because that’s our Country. That’s a sandhill, that’s the Dreaming- the Jukurrpa. That’s our culture. They stay there and we go through the sandhills at Puntawarri in the car. We go first tuwa, then the second tuwa, looking 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…
Jilji “This one near my countryside. It’s kayili (north) of my Country. Big one Jilji. Lots of tuwa (sandhills). My nana mili (denotes ownership) Country, mama mili, daddy mili Country. They walk around there, get kuwiyi (meat). The old people would cook ’em up! This a pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) place. I was a young girl with my nana and mama, walking around there. I 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…
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…
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…
