Kunyji-Kunyji (Kunji Kunji) Kunyji-kunyji is a linyji (claypan) located between Parnngurr Aboriginal community and Nyayartakujarra (Lake Dora) in the Karlamilyi River (Rudall River) region. Kunyji-kunyji is an especially significant site for Nyanjilpayi, as it was here that her youngest sister, Malatu Marjorie Yates (dec.) was born. Kunyji-kunyji was primarily used Read more…
Yabu “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…
Kulyakartu “Long time ago I been there. It is my grandmothers, grandfathers, fathers, mothers country, Kulyakartu. I am painting this particular place it keeps me connected, sense of belonging. Tell my grandmothers story through my art. Where she was born, I’m apart of that. It makes me feel proud painting. Most Read more…
Skin groups In 2019 Parnngurr school went out with KJ and Martumili where Clifton Girgiba taught the school kids about skin groups and how they relate to each other. Each skin group was given a colour and the children then painted a circle relating to their skin group.
Skin groups “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 Read more…
Tribal punishment “This is the Martu people drinking (top left, oval), this is them fighting those 2 people (2 rectangles top right), in the circle is the elders that man in the middle, the one from the fight, getting tribal punishment. This is the man who died in the fight Read more…
Meeting Place “This is all the different skin groups coming together, they having a meeting about a couple that was wrong way. The circles are the elders and the one in the middle is the couple.” – Rosetta Wilberforce