WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS

Woomarri Woomarri (King George Country)

Wanalirri Wanalirri (Wandjina) with Kira Kiro (Bradshaw) figures, Lu (Snake). The 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 Read more…

Aru Aru (Rocks) – Berkley Coloured Rocks – Berkley River Country

Mother and Child Wandjinas Mother and child Wandjinas. Wanalirri or 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 Read more…

Woomarri – Yulu – Langi – Aru Woomarri (King George River country) – Yulu (Bush Flowers) – Langi (Trees) – Aru (Rocks)

Burning the Bush Hunting Kira Kiro (Bradshaw) figures are depicted burning the bush to hunt for animals.

Kira Kiro Country “This painting shows the country before the fires and before people started changing the environment.”   The country is alive with Madjal (Grasses) – Watja (Leaves) – Yulu (Bush Flowers) – Kanandur (Pandanus)- Kulalar (Vines) surrounding a rock hole near the sea.  The colours of flowers and Read more…

Bush Spirits Mary has depicted Kira Kiro or bush spirits in this painting. They are believed to be protectors of sacred ceremonial places and tribes as they wander through the bush.  Fire is in the foreground of the work, which is burning the grasses (madjara) of the bush.  The Kira Read more…

Kira Kiro hunting Kira Kiro are hunting in the bush.  They are happy that it is the wet season and there is plenty of bush tucker.

Seaweeds The fish and the turtles are feeding on the seaweed