Old Man calling for his dog The old man there, he was hunting with his kid and dogs there. And then his dogs ran off chancing a kangaroo, so he climbed the big hill to see if he could see them, calling out for the dogs. He left his wife Read more…
Cyclone Tracy – Jane Tinmarie-Yalunga This is my old man’s [Rover Thomas] story about Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in 1974, two years after I was born. Rover got his joonba, Goorirr Goorirr , from this Cyclone. Out near that store [Warmun’s Wungkul store] a woman had a crash and she went Read more…
BOOLARGYEE, Picinniny & Cathedral Gorge- Purnululu- by Dwayne Jessell Story Inspired by Jack Britten- Dwayne Jessell’s adopting father. This is my father’s country- Jack Britten The hills in the foreground are the limestone hills found in Purnululu (the Bungle Bungles). The red hills behind are the brilliant shining cliffs that Read more…
Birnoo Country- Lorraine Daylight This is a painting of Birnoo Country – Birnoo is on what is now known as Alice Downs Station and belonged to Lorraine’s paternal grandmother. Lorraine was taught to paint this Country by her father, Warmun artist Gordon Barney. Gordon was a skilled stockman, horsebreaker and Read more…
Jarlaloo Country Jarlaloo is Patrick’s country. It lies south of Warmun and north of Purnululu (Bungle Bungles). Patrick knows this country inside out, as he walked and mustered cattle all throughout this country with his father, George Mung Mung. Jarlaloo is the Gija name for the Ord River, where it Read more…
Juwari- The Devil Spirit – by Peter Thomas The Juwari is the Devil Spirit. He is the power, force and spirit of creation iitself, and everything within it and within us He is the creation of country and the land, of the weather & seasons, of all the elements. He Read more…
Juwari- The Devil Spirit – by Peter Thomas The Juwari is the Devil Spirit. He is the power, force and spirit of creation iitself, and everything within it and within us He is the creation of country and the land, of the weather & seasons, of all the elements. He Read more…
Alice Downs – Peter Thomas Inspire by my mother Mary Thomas (late). This is a painting she used to paint of Alice Downs.
Juwari- (The Devil Spirit) , the old lady and the snake – by Peter Thomas The Juwari is the Devil Spirit. He is the power, force and spirit of creation iitself, and everything within it and within us He is the creation of country and the land, of the weather Read more…