Bush Style Art- Kangaroo Fat dreaming This is a unique bush style artwork created with bush grass. The lines represent the kangaroo fat dreaming, When the Old man went bush hunting and searching for the Dingo, he came across these hills. These lines on the rocks is how he knew Read more…
Garrang-garranginy – Australian Darter Australian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) (Also called “Snake Bird” and “Diver Jack”) Roord nginji nginyjiny garrang-garranginy goorndarribaya laarne. Ngarrgarlin thad nginji, yilag, Woorlalwan. Nginyjiny garrang-garranginy, bawoo-wawoo ngerne, miyale goorndarrim-boorroo. This is a Darter sitting up high with a fish. He is sitting upright on the rock. Down Read more…
Spearhead – Texas This is an Ochre painting of the Hill called Spearhead on Texas country you can see from Warmun.
Bailinyin – Eileen Bray Joomena The painting is of the country of Spring Vale Station, Bailinyin. Recently, in the wet season, Rusty traveled to this place with his grandchildren. There they were shown how to catch and kill a goanna, they learnt new Gija words, they learnt about Rusty’s life Read more…
Birnoo Crocodile and Goanna Ngarrangarni That’s an Alice Down Story, that’s Alice Down Hills, true story. That two hill on top of the hill again, and the thing like a flat, and that’s an old time, they call him Ngarrangarni (dreaming), that Country. And that crocodile and goanna, that two Read more…
Camp Site by Troy Drill This is a camp site in Purnululu.(Bungle Bungles). In the cold weather The hill glows and the white part looks like a big giant door. When the sun is rising you see the hill sparkling, like broken glass.
NUGUWARRDING (Snake Dreaming) – Tommy Carroll This painting tells a story about NUGUWARRDING, that rainbow serpent, who travelled and lived around this area now called Doon Doon. Tommy says, “He went up to my grandfather’s country at the back of Speewah where there are gorges and rock holes.” The solid Read more…
Ngaginyji Joomooloony- My Birth Tree by Eileen Bray his painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’” Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along Read more…
TEXAS COUNTRY Lorraine was inspire to paint this painting in tribute to her Grandfather Hector Jandany who also painted this scene. This is the story that Hector shared about his painting. Narrgun Country is Hector’s mother’s country. Narrgun is tall grass like bamboo. Hector, who mustered cattle through this country, Read more…
