Ngoonborliny and Madjalandy This is my Country at Muthanoongamaya – Madjalindy near Port Keats in the Northern Territory. At the centre of the image is Madjalindy Creek. “I was born here.” The circles on either side represent dreaming places. On the left are the dreaming places for Ngoonborliny – the Read more…
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 sands have covered it up Read more…
History Beneath the Beauty Woorrilbem holds a history. A blast from my grandmother’s past as a child she went to this billabong to collect the lily flowers, its bulb, mussels and other edible bush food to take back to her family. One particular day on a usual walk she saw two Read more…
Road train “I was born on Old Ivanhoe Station. However in the 1960s, when I was 9 or 10 years old, they moved us to New Ivanhoe Station, the bank side of the river. It was our loving home that I’ll never forget.This was before Kununurra was built, there were Read more…
Goordim Emerging artist Cathy Ward learns from her culture and country from her grandmother Peggy Griffiths. In this painting she paints Goordim. Jinamoom, the Keep River flows through the painting and is joined by small tributaries. The hill on the left is Goordim, Butterfly Dreaming. The hill to the right Read more…
Green Turtle, Juluwarru Juluwarru is the most common saltwater turtle and is very good for food, it is the main species the people still eat.The large adults contain a lot of meat, and everything is eaten including the, the flippers, the intestines and the tasty fat. Dimensions: 30 x 30 Read more…
Lonely Desert Happy Spirit My Grandparents when they left their homeland in the desert they never seen their country home again for a long time and when they came back to see their homeland they were happy and proud to have returned. Dimensions: 76 x 76 cm / Natural ochre Read more…
The Wild-Flower After the wet season the wild desert flowers come into bloom all over country. The Wild-Flower keep the desert alive. Dimensions: 61 x 122 cm / Natural Ochres and Pigments on Canvas
Boab Tree (Joomooloony) of the Kimberley 1 The boab tree is a tree that we have lots of in the Kimberley region in Australia. It’s a symbol of our country and the nuts that grow on it has food in it when you break it open. It is also used for medicine when Read more…
Dingo Dreaming This painting tells a story of “a large spirit dog”. The dog was passing through my fathers country (Woojarr) and decided to stay for couple of days before following the river (Angillary) up to Katherine where along the way creating country as he passed through. The dog eventually Read more…