Walking around getting bush tucker with the kids Depicted in this work are traditional types of bush tucker, their habitats, and their related hunting and gathering methods. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally from water source Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living, its all of their ngura (home). It’s the Jurkulpa (Dreaming) of that place all those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings all meeting Read more…
Kurturarra Kurturarra is a yinta (permanent spring) located within the largest of the salt lakes in the Percival Lakes region, and surrounded by acacia trees. Other nearby water sources include Kupankurlu and Yimiri. The Percival Lakes form a string of ephemeral salt lakes in the north of Western Australia, extending Read more…
Untitled This is Jakayu’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…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living, its all of their ngura (home). It’s the Jurkulpa (Dreaming) of that place all those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings all meeting Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living, its all of their ngura (home). It’s the Jurkulpa (Dreaming) of that place all those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings all meeting Read more…
Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25) “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living, its all of their ngura (home). It’s the Jurkulpa (Dreaming) of that place all those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings all meeting Read more…
Pitu (Separation Well) “Ngurra me, my ngurra (this is my Country, my home). Mummy mili Pitu and Kulilu (My mother’s home Country is around the permanent springs of Pitu and Kulilu). I been born [at] Pitu. Two mummy, one daddy born there too there. Two yinta (permanent springs) [can be Read more…
Pitu (Separation Well) “Ngurra me, my ngurra (this is my Country, my home). Mummy mili Pitu and Kulilu (My mother’s home Country is around the permanent springs of Pitu and Kulilu). I been born [at] Pitu. Two mummy, one daddy born there too there. Two yinta (permanent springs) [can be Read more…
Parnngurr Rockhole “We were climbing Parnngurr hill; we were frightened. Kartiya (Europeans) would walk around, trying to catch Martu people. We would run up the hill and hide. We watched them catch people. We were eating flour that white people gave us. It was horrible. From [Parnngurr rockhole], we got Read more…