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Status: Stock Kittey Malarvie – Milkwater – Silk Chiffon Senior artist, Kittey Malarvie’s traditional Country is the desert landscape around Sturt Creek, south west of Kununurra and north of the Great Sandy Desert.  Layers of intersecting lines map the country along the river banks and interpret the transition of the Read more…

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Status: Stock Betty Bundamurra – Kira Kiro Spirits – Silk Satin From the time of the beginning – the Dreamtime – called Lalai by Kwini people,  the Kira Kiro  have been the  guardians and assistants of the Wandjina. They are good spirits and are also traditional dancers who sing about Read more…

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Status: Stock Judy Mengil Windoong This T-Shirt design is a detail from the painting “Windoong” In this painting the artist represents an area of her father’s country near Mulligan along the Bullo River in the Northern Territory. “This is my father’s country. I learnt it from the old man – Read more…

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Status: Stock Jemma Unghango – Dancing Spirits Jemma was born at Kalumburu and was brought up by the Benedictine nuns at the mission. Jemma worked in the gardens, the kitchen and bakery, and illustrated Father Anscar McPhee’s 2011 book, A hero in the night time of the Dreaming: the story of Penda Read more…

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Status: Stock Ben Ward Mens S In this image senior artist Ben Ward depicts Thompson Springs, located in Yardungall Country (Dingo Springs) in the East Kimberley. Thompson Springs is a site belonging to the Eagle and the White Crane Dreaming. In this particular work a spring is depicted bubbling up Read more…

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Status: Stock Kira Kiro Wet Season by Betty Bundamurra This 100% cotton T-Shirt design is a reproduction from the painting “Kira Kiro Wet Season” The Kira Kiro (Gwion or Bradshaw) figures dance to celebrate the wet season. Waterholes fill up,  Yulu—Bush Flowers grow  abundantly,  Langi—Trees grow tall surrounded by pretty  Read more…

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Milkwater Senior artist, Kittey Malarvie’s traditional Country is the desert landscape around Sturt Creek, south west of Kununurra and north of the Great Sandy Desert.  Layers of intersecting lines map the country along the river banks and interpret the transition of the seasons across a remarkable place of black soil Read more…

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Wandjina are ancestral spirits who created country, people and animals in the North West Kimberley before turning themselves into rock paintings. They are sometimes called “lightning man” or “rain maker’ and every year they replenish water holes, creeks and rivers by making the wet season. The Wandjina can be vengeful Read more…

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