Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

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Minyipuru

A fridge magnet featuring the collaborative artwork ‘Minyipuru ‘ by Martumili Artists Muni Rita Simpson, Rosie Williams and Dulcie Gibbs. Magnets are 1.5mm thick and superior strength magnet to attach card and heavier papers to your fridge or cabinet.

Sisters Muni, Rosie and Dulcie grew up in the Country depicted in this painting. But it is the epic story of the Seven Sisters or Minyipuru, which they have described here. In this story, the old man Yurla, who had been pursuing the sisters, captured one of the women at Parnkarpini, between wells 35 and 36. The Minyipuru tricked him and rescued her.

Poor old fella, he had a rough time. He was trying and trying and trying.

The Minyipuru promised to stay with the old man Yurla but, when he returned from collecting wood, they were floating above his head, teasing him. Yurla made a ladder but the sisters pushed it over and laughed at him. When he collapsed, exhausted, they rescued their sister and flew away.

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Sunday Well

A fridge magnet featuring Dadda Samson’s painting ‘Sunday Well’. Magnets are 1.5mm thick and superior strength magnet to attach card and heavier papers to your fridge or cabinet.

Sunday Well is an important historical location close to Jigalong Aboriginal Community. 

“People used to stay here. When people see the whitefella they used to run away, up to the hills and rocks. They were afraid of the whitefellas. My mother and my brothers ran away, right up to the Puntawarri because the whitefellas were shooting at the Martu people. They were sneaking in and the gun went off, and they all ran and just kept running and running until they got to Puntawarri.”

– Dadda Samson

 

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Sunday Well – Dadda Samson

A folded bookmark with magnetic closure printed on one side featuring Dadda Samson’s painting ‘Sunday Well’. Sunday Well is an important historical location close to Jigalong Aboriginal Community. 

“People used to stay here. When people see the whitefella they used to run away, up to the hills and rocks. They were afraid of the whitefellas. My mother and my brothers ran away, right up to the Puntawarri because the whitefellas were shooting at the Martu people. They were sneaking in and the gun went off, and they all ran and just kept running and running until they got to Puntawarri.”

– Dadda Samson

 

 

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Puntawarri, Jilakurru and Kumpupirntily

A folded bookmark with magnetic closure printed on one side featuring the collaborative artwork ‘Puntawarri, Jilakurru and Kumpupirntily” by Martumili Artists, and grandmother and granddaughter, Dadda Samson and Judith Samson.

Puntawarri, Jilakurru and Kumpupirntily are sites in Dadda’s ngurra (home country), which she has painted here with her granddaughter, Judith. Puntawarri is an important cultural area, on the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route and east of the Jigalong Aboriginal Community, where the artists now live with their family. It is also the site of a now abandoned community, and a creek and lake. Jilakurra (Well 17 on the Canning Stock Route) is a permanent spring, and was a major meeting and ceremonial site in the pujiman (bush dwelling) era. Located here are many significant engravings and rock art, much of which are sacred to Martu people. Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment) is a large warla (salt lake) and one of the most sacred and dangerous sites in the far Western Desert. This is where the Ngayurnangalku (cannibal beings) live beneath the lake, surfacing only to feed on human flesh.

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Kun Kun

A folded bookmark with magnetic closure printed on one side featuring a detailed section from the collaborative work ‘Kun Kun’ by Martumili Artists Nora Nungabar, Nora Wompi, Bugai Whyoulter and Kumpaya Girgaba.

The central water in this painting is Kuny Kuny (Kun Kun), an important women’s site belonging to the Marlu Jukurrpa (Kangaroo Dreaming). This Jukurrpa is also significant within men’s law and contains elements restricted to initiated men and women.

Despite the title, there are 57 named sites in this painting, 11 of which are Canning Stock Route wells. These are places where the artists lived, where family members were born and died, and where ancestral beings left their power.

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2019 Catalogue

Exhibition catalogue from ‘Bugai’, a solo exhibition of significant recent and historical works showing why Bugai’s artwork continues to resonate across cultures, generations and borders. Bugai Whyoulter is an internationally acclaimed pujiman (desert-born) artist, from Kunawarritji (Well 33). This catalogue offers insight into Bugai’s life and work.

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Martumili Ngurra

Hook earrings with stainless steel pendant printed with a detailed section from the collaborative work ‘Martumili Ngurra’, painted by three Kunawarritji artists Nora Wompi, Nora Nungabar and Bugai Whyoulter. Note that each pair of earrings from this collection vary, as they are comprised from different sections of the original artwork. This item is handmade in Australia. Each piece is engraved with details of the artists and their artwork.

‘Martumili Ngurra’ portrays a very large area of country where the artists and their family lived and travelled during the pujiman (bush) days. Martumili Ngurra means the Martu belong to this ngurra (home) country. Portrayed in this artwork are Kurta Kurta, Parnngurr, and Wantili.

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Parlu

Hook earrings with stainless steel pendant printed with a detailed section from Yunkurra Billy Atkin’s ‘Parlu’ painting. Note that each pair of earrings from this collection vary, as they are comprised from different sections of the original artwork. This item is handmade in Australia. Each piece is engraved with details of the artist and their artwork.

“Parlu is my old man’s name. My daddy. He belongs to that country now.” – Yunkurra Billy Atkins

Parlu is Blue Hills, Yunkurra’s father’s country. Associated with the waterhole here are the various jila (snakes) that live in this country.

Yunkurra was born at Weld Springs, also known as Well 9 on the Canning Stock Route. He grew up around Wiluna, but returned north to his traditional country, including Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment), Savory Creek and Jilakurru; closer to Well 24 on the Canning Stock Route. Yunkurra is a very knowledgeable senior Martu man, and is considered an authority on these significant Martu sites. He narrowly avoided being taken away by missionaries as a child and subsequently grew up with elderly people, learning traditionally about his culture and Country. Yunkurra now lives at Jigalong, close to his home country. Yunkurra has been painting longer than most Martu artists, carving and painting independently since the early 2000s. As an individual he was instrumental in the establishment of Martumili Artists. Yunkurra’s work was selected for the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. He has held regular solo exhibitions, and his work has been acquired by The National Gallery of Australia. Yunkurra’s recent collaborative animation, Cannibal Story, has also screened in a number of highly celebrated film festivals and screen events around the globe. 

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Parlu

Hook earrings with stainless steel pendant printed with a detailed section from Yunkurra Billy Atkin’s ‘Parlu’ painting. Note that each pair of earrings from this collection vary, as they are comprised from different sections of the original artwork. This item is handmade in Australia. Each piece is engraved with details of the artist and their artwork.

“Parlu is my old man’s name. My daddy. He belongs to that country now.” – Yunkurra Billy Atkins

Parlu is Blue Hills, Yunkurra’s father’s country. Associated with the waterhole here are the various jila (snakes) that live in this country.

Yunkurra was born at Weld Springs, also known as Well 9 on the Canning Stock Route. He grew up around Wiluna, but returned north to his traditional country, including Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment), Savory Creek and Jilakurru; closer to Well 24 on the Canning Stock Route. Yunkurra is a very knowledgeable senior Martu man, and is considered an authority on these significant Martu sites. He narrowly avoided being taken away by missionaries as a child and subsequently grew up with elderly people, learning traditionally about his culture and Country. Yunkurra now lives at Jigalong, close to his home country. Yunkurra has been painting longer than most Martu artists, carving and painting independently since the early 2000s. As an individual he was instrumental in the establishment of Martumili Artists. Yunkurra’s work was selected for the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. He has held regular solo exhibitions, and his work has been acquired by The National Gallery of Australia. Yunkurra’s recent collaborative animation, Cannibal Story, has also screened in a number of highly celebrated film festivals and screen events around the globe. 

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Cleared Out (Publication)

A critically acclaimed publication detailing a Martu woman’s first- contact story with contrasting accounts from the other side of the frontier.

In 1964, a group of 20 Aboriginal women and children in the Western Desert made their first contact with European Australians – patrol officers from the Woomera Rocket Range, clearing an area into which rockets were to be fired. They had been pursued by the patrol officers for several weeks, running from this frightening new force in the desert. This is their story told through oral history, archival research, photographs, and rare film footage.