Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Wuukurta (honey ants)

Wuukurta (honey ants) Wuukurta (honey ants) are found in a variety of arid or semiarid environments, with nests of up to two metres deep and more than two metres across. Wuukurta are a highly sought after bush tucker, known otherwise as ‘bush lollies’ due to their sweet, honey like taste. Read more…

Jamparri, all them wetlands Jamparri is a yinta (permanent spring) located yapurra (west) of Karlamilyi River (Rudall River) and ngaparti (south) of Yaralalu waterhole. Both areas are known as good hunting sites. The Karlamilyi River and its surrounds were created by the Jila Kujarra (Two Snakes) as they journeyed north Read more…

Karlamilyi River flows through the claypan and tuwa (sandhills) “That’s all the tuwa (sandhill) see. Karlamilyi River in the middle. That’s my Ngurra. My country. I’ve been there lot of time. There’s the claypans see. Running through the tuwa.” – Charleston Miller Karlamilyi (Rudall River region) and its surrounds are Read more…

Jarntinti “I, me, Nyanjilpayi paint this one, Jarntinti Lake. I been born there, mine. I been little girl born there, Jarntinti area.   Jarntinti big claypan near Punmu. Tarlpa, Jutupa, Wawulpa, all waterhole and yinta (permanent spring) in Jarntinti area. Long time [ago] plenty bush tucker there, yukuri (green grass, vegetation) Read more…

Jarntinti “I, me, Nyanjilpayi paint this one, Jarntinti Lake. I been born there, mine. I been little girl born there, Jarntinti area.   Jarntinti big claypan near Punmu. Tarlpa, Jutupa, Wawulpa, all waterhole and yinta (permanent spring) in Jarntinti area. Long time [ago] plenty bush tucker there, yukuri (green grass, vegetation) Read more…

Wirlarra (Wilarra) “The moon and the lake. The moon is taking care of the dingo pups, it’s looking after them. This here is the salt lake [and the] dingo pups laying down, they’re laying there with their mum. [The] father is here, [the] father of the pups with his wife. Read more…

Karlamilyi “These are all the rockholes and soaks that lie on the western, northern and eastern sides of Karlamilyi (Rudall River region), all the rockholes and soaks that I can remember today. My family took me from Pangkapirni when I was little. They took me to Karlamilyi where I was Read more…

Karlamilyi “These are all the rockholes and soaks that lie on the western, northern and eastern sides of Karlamilyi (Rudall River region), all the rockholes and soaks that I can remember today. My family took me from Pangkapirni when I was little. They took me to Karlamilyi where I was Read more…

Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) “We went to Kunawarritji. We went out to see the waterholes with Kumpaya [Girgirba], my aunty – my dad’s sister. It’s the first time I went in a chopper to see the waterholes. Kumpaya take me to show me the waterholes, show me my Read more…