Kulyakartu “Long time ago I been there. It is my grandmother’s, grandfather’s, father’s, [and] mother’s country, Kulyakartu. I am painting this particular place. It keeps me connected, [gives me a] sense of belonging [to] tell my grandmother’s story through my art. Where she was born, I’m a part of that. It Read more…
Yulpu [After an initial encounter with ‘whitefella’ Len Beadell at nearby Wiirnukurrujunu as he graded a road between Woomera, in South Australia, and the Percival Lakes, Ngamaru and the family groups travelling with her continued to Yulpu. Here they were tracked by whitefellas accompanied by Bob Ward, a senior Martu Read more…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…
Untitled This is Miriam’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…
Rawa – Punmu Rawa is a soak and spring located along the eastern edge of the large salt lake, Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora), and at the western edge of Punmu Aboriginal community, 670km northeast of Newman. Surrounding Rawa are numerous fresh water soaks and the permanent red tali (sandhills) typical of Read more…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…
Emu Tracks to Puntawarri “Emu go to the springs to have a drink of water and then move on to the next one.” – Judith Anya Samson Puntawarri is an important cultural area, as well as the site of a now abandoned community, a waterhole, creek and lake. Puntawarri is Read more…
Jukurrpa The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both human and nonhuman forms. These beings shaped what had been a formless landscape; creating waters, plants, animals, and Read more…
Yurla – Seven Sisters “Yurla from dreamtime. Started from the West. Travelled to everywhere. This one went to Docker River way, all the way. Never mind the different story, different tribe. Minyipuru Story. My father took me to Docker River where he [Yurla] finish, he went in the cave. People Read more…
Yurla – Seven Sisters “Yurla from dreamtime. Started from the West. Travelled to everywhere. This one went to Docker River way, all the way. Never mind the different story, different tribe. Minyipuru Story. My father took me to Docker River where he [Yurla] finish, he went in the cave. People Read more…