WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS

Ladju (Witchetty Grub) This a the ladju that we eat from the tree.  We cut it out of a gum tree and you can cook it or eat it raw.

Luga – Cracked mud Kittey has depicted the drying and cracked mud of her mother’s country along the Sturt River. She describes the area where she visited as a child along the banks and waterholes by the river as black soil country.“When we were young, my sisters and cousins would Read more…

Jillynbeng In this artwork Peggy has depicted a bush tucker known as Jilinybeng or “bush cucumber”. This plant grows as a vine and you have to search for it amongst the grasses. Typical of the artist’s recent work the background is flecked with strokes of paint representing the spinifex and Read more…

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.