WARMUN ART

Rugan Crocodile hole Country The gorge sandground between the two hill, good fishing place good hunting ground of our ancestor    country.     Rugan community crocodile Hole. 

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…

Gemerre (Phyllis Thomas) Phyllis has painted the traditional scarification marks that Gija people used to incise on each other for law and ceremonial activities. In Gija this is called Gemerre. ‘This is them scars that the old people used to cut across their bodies. Their leg, arm and stomach. This Read more…

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THREE WISE MEN ‘Ngapum sent an angel to Mary. He said to Mary, “you are going to baby.” Mary said “I don’t know, how come I am going to have a baby.” Angel said “Joseph is going to be a father.” Mary said “why we are not living together” Angel Read more…

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Wardel and Garnkiny Mabel says – Well this the dream by Wardel and Garnkiny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dream. the moon’s skin name was of Jawuru skin who loved his mother in-law which skin name was Nambin, but the people within 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…

Coolamon ‘I bin just do them bush coolamon,’ Jane Yalunga says. ‘Like they carry one for water, bush medicine you know and bush food. Early days eh, old people used to carry that thing.’ Gija people used to carve coolamons out of jarlalu wood.

GAWULUMBULU – BAINES RIVER ‘ This one down in Baines River near Kildirk,’ Mungnari says. ‘They bin leave im one old man there, long time. He was crippled, when they had that leprosy here. Naralyangen Gap further up. Not far from Kildirk Station. Used to have a [cattle] yard right Read more…