Garradjain Country – Rose’s Yard This is Mary’s mothers country, down on Springvale Station. That country is called Garradjain. The country is part of the Garnkiny (moon) dreaming. Seen in the painting are the grass bundles as green circles. These bundles were rolled up and thrown into the water. They’d Read more…
Yarrunga Sometime early in the 20th century… “That Ngargarrliny, he got a nawan. Deg ginini janga-janga-baya. That chain janga-janga. Right-Oh, when they bin thed-hi, they bin give it em that mawiya. You know, lardge-girrem. And deg ginini wayini gerloor. Ngerlil nginini. I’ll wiji there, he nginini. Right oh, they bin Read more…
New Camp (Texas) We used to walk from here to the Station for work. The station was this way (near the hills). Nancy depicts a scene of the New Camp where her family and her migrated to, when they were served as workers on Texas Station. The circles represent the Read more…
Juwurlinji his is Bow River Community, we call it Juwurlinji Community (Aboriginal name). This is my place were I was born, my family still live there and brothers still Muster here as it is still a working Pastoral Station. Also this place is my grandfathers ancestors land Timmy Timms Snr Read more…
Wonganbayn – Alice Downs they get fish there – they call it gilgaye – when they roll up that spinifex and the fish can’t get way. we used it look at all the old people – they used to roll that spinifex. that’s a holiday place, birnoon country. Goorndarram bembarramungbende Read more…
Wonganbayn – Alice Downs “They get fish there – they call it Gilgaye – when they roll up that spinifex and the fish can’t get way. We used to look at all the old people – they used to roll that spinifex (to catch the fish). That’s a holiday place, Birnoo Read more…
Birnoo Country This painting shows Gordon’s country – Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station). Birnoo is Gordon’s mother’s country. Gordon mustered cattle all throughout this country for many years – the way his father taught him to. He became known as a skilled horsebreaker and buckjumper (rodeo rider). When Gordon worked Read more…
Lalanggarrany doo Darndal (The Crocodile and the turtle) Mabel Juli In this work Mabel Juli has brought together two very significantNgarranggarni (Dreaming) stories from Darrajayin. As well as the physical proximity of parts of country in which these two stories take place, their central characters, namely Garnkiny the Moon and Lalanggarrany the Crocodile, are also both of Joowoorrooskin, making Read more…
Rockhole la Birnoowoon Country – Gordan Barney This Rock hole is la Birnoowoon Country, we use this rock hole for fishing we catchem moot moot there thats the pearch small but very good eating we picnic here with the whole family and even bogey (Bath) in this rock hole it Read more…
