WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS

Mejerran – Black Plum Anita paints the Mejerren (black plum) tree laden with its sweet fruit.  These trees often grow in hilly areas.

Jilinybeng In this artwork Peggy has depicted a bush tucker known as “bush cucumber”. This plant grows as a vine and you have to search for it amongst the grasses. The bush cucumber, more like a bush lemon fruit, is grey/green in colour and ripens in the wet season.  It Read more…

Status: Stock Peter Newry – Thegoowiyeng “Thegoowiyeng – Kelly’s Knob is where the art centre is and the Mirima Community for Miriwoong people. In the Narrangarni between the big hill and the small one there used to be a freshwater spring. People used to get water from there but the Read more…

Wandjina and the Jillina ( Bush Woman) Jillina is the mythical bush woman. The Wandjina is punishing the woman for doing something wrong. So she was by herself away from the tribe. These are the lonely women looking for a man.

Running Man This is the running man rock art that you see in the caves near Kalumburu. These are the hunters going out for food.

Gathering of the Gwion People This is the beginning of the people gathering. All sorts of tribes like you see on the rock art around the Kimberley. Some images have pieces washed away by nature like you see it in the rock art. 

Kira Kiro Figures Mary has depicted the Kira Kiro figures hunting in the bush.  It is wet season and there is lots of bush tucker around.