Bush Tucker 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 to water source, and hunting and Read more…
Boundaries, Kiriwirri “My ancestors lived in the Great Sandy Desert where they used to hunt, gather bush tucker and live for many, many years. During the time living in the desert, growing their kids up, watching family members passing by, it was their home (Ngurra) for generations. Hearing stories from Read more…
Kiriwirri “My ancestors lived in the Great Sandy Desert where they used to hunt, gather bush tucker and live for many, many years. During the time living in the desert, growing their kids up, watching family members passing by, it was their home (Ngurra) for generations. Hearing stories from my Read more…
Kiriwirri “My ancestors lived in the Great Sandy Desert where they used to hunt, gather bush tucker and live for many, many years. During the time living in the desert, growing their kids up, watching family members passing by, it was their home (Ngurra) for generations. Hearing stories from my Read more…
Sharing Country “Martu country sharing with whitefellas” – Noreena Kadibil Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated Read more…
Tuwa (Sandhills) The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, an enormous tract dominated by distinctive red tali, or tuwa (sandhills). These sandhills present an unforgiving landscape; sparse vegetation covers a seemingly never ending expanse of dunes, and yet Read more…
Kiriwirri “My ancestors lived in the Great Sandy Desert where they used to hunt, gather bush tucker and live for many, many years. During the time living in the desert, growing their kids up, watching family members passing by, it was their home (Ngurra) for generations. Hearing stories from my Read more…
Tuwa (Sandhills) The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, an enormous tract dominated by distinctive red tali, or tuwa (sandhills). These sandhills present an unforgiving landscape; sparse vegetation covers a seemingly never ending expanse of dunes, and yet Read more…
Kulyakartu- Muuki Taylor “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.” – Muuki Taylor This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Muuki’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Read more…
