WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS

Goonoonoorra This is my mother’s country and traditional country for Miriwoong people. The name of this place is Goornoonoorra. In my language Miriwong, this name means Big Waters. In the old days we all lived here and walked this country looking for bush tucker. We used to have corroboree at Read more…

Black Rock Falls This painting shows Black Rock Falls. During the wet season – flood water time – this was our camp spot. We would camp up on the hillsides to keep dry form the rains and the rising flood waters of the Ord River. When the waterfalls are flowing Read more…

Binjin & Jarnem In this painting the artist represents the billabong country on either side of Moonoomoorrem – the Keep River. Binjin is her mother’s traditional country and Jarnem is her uncle’s country. Only the billabongs are shown here and not the river that flows through the country.

White Gum Tree The red sap is good medicine to treat skin sores. It is crushed and boiled in water to make it soft, then rubbed on the sore to help with healing. It is also mixed with ochre for painting. The wood is good for fires and produces coals Read more…

Wirrigirrig Wirrigirrig – the Victoria River flows from the lower left across to the centre right joined by Goongoolooloo – the Wickham River from the upper left. This is an area of the artist’s traditional country and in naming it states his knowledge of and therefore traditional ownership of that Read more…

Kirrthang – Blanket Lizard Dreaming This is an area of the artist’s traditional country near Bullo River Station in the Northern Territory. Along the bottom of the painting runs the Victoria River. Flowing down the centre between the two hills is Goorbadjim – Bullo River. The two hills form the Read more…

Yoorloorloo Yoorloorloo is a dreaming place for “belly ache”. “I can fix that that, cut a little piece of hair, burn it, call out to that country and belly ache – he’s gone! People call out to me for that.” Mignonette is a traditional healer. This painting shows the site Read more…

Warridja “This is my country near Kildirk station. Down from Moornboo River between two hills is a place called Warridja. In the Narrangarni there were women having bogey (wash) in the creek water. The women were naked. Some young boys tried to sneak up to them and swim through the Read more…