Punmu waterholes “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been there. These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa Read more…
Pitu (Separation Well) “I paint Pitu because my father come from Pitu and all the rest of the family, they belong to there. Family hear the stories all the time from Jakayu (Biljabu) it’s there connection to that place. All the old people were walking through that area, aunty Jakayu Read more…
Warakurna Warakurna is a large Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku it lies near the foot of the spectacular Rawlinson Range, 300 kilometres west of Uluru (Ayers Rock) near the meeting of the borders of Western Australia, South Australia and the Read more…
Circus Waters – My father Country “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 Read more…
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…