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Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…

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Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…

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Tali (Sandhill) Tali (Sandhills) at Mutijulu. my Grandfather’s country is Mutijulu, community close to Uluru, where I have painted these Tali (Sandhills). Tali is everywhere around there, vibrant orange and red. Lots of native flowers growing on the Tali.

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Fire Crackers, Territory Day “Territory day when it was raining, this year. Fun night, we got the car and drove out Larapinta side, let the kids out to see them crackers, family night. The kids are happy when they see them fire crackers. Fun night. Rainy night.”

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Titjikala Eagle Story This is Tapatjatjaka, Titjikala means ‘eagle from the clay pan’, and that’s the clay pan on the way into town. It’s sacred. This is the story of the Irretye – Wedge tailed Eagle, who flew overhead and saw a little boy sitting there crying. The boy’s mother Read more…

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