Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

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Walking around waterholes looking for bushtucker “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…

Kaalpakarti (going to Kaalpa, Well 23) “We went to Parnngurr for work, for painting. Then we decided with the KJ mob to organise a trip to go to Kaalpa (Canning Stock Route Well 23), a 1 night trip. So we went to Kaalpa slowly from Parnngurr, back up. We went Read more…

Kunawarritji Rockholes  “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji. My mum (Dulcie Gibbs Jugarda) painted the same. It’s my father’s country, he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35 – Kinyu, all the way to Well 38 Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. It’s important. I went Read more…

Kulyakartu Kulyakartu; an area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes in the northern Great Sandy Desert. The artist’s elders have extensive knowledge of the Country in this region, where they grew up living traditionally during the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days. Kulyakartu is mostly grass Country Read more…

Kulyakartu Kulyakartu; an area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes in the northern Great Sandy Desert. The artist’s elders have extensive knowledge of the Country in this region, where they grew up living traditionally during the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days. Kulyakartu is mostly grass Country Read more…

Wikiri (Midway Well) Wikiri (Midway Well) is a large soak and claypan located southeast of Parnngurr Aboriginal community. A windmill has been built at the site to access the permanent underground water available there. The many foods and seeds found at Wikiri were left by ancestors in the Jukurrpa (Dreaming), 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 ngurra (home).It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings, all meeting with different families. I Read more…

Kunawarritji Rockholes  “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji. My mum (Dulcie Gibbs Jugarda) painted the same. It’s my father’s country, he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35 – Kinyu, all the way to Well 38 Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. It’s important. I went Read more…

Hot and Cold Seasons “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 Read more…