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…
Garn’giny Ngarranggarni – Mabel Juli Well this the dreamtime story about Wardal and Garn’giny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dreamtime thing. “Garn’giny ngelmang roord-ngarri nginji. The moon sits in the east. Wardal dal gerloorr ngarrgalen. The star sits on top of the Read more…
Springvale “Well this one you know, our land, well before, no Gardiya (whitefella) was coming before… so I drew this one, like our ancestors from the Ngarrangarni (dreamtime), they lived in the cave, that’s their home, from long time before. And this now (the rest of the painting), this is Read more…
Elephant Hill Elephant Hill is in Purnululu. The grey area is an ant hill and the circle is hole in the rock that you can see straight through. The sky is full of shooting stars which I painted in my grass painting style.
KANGAROO DREAMING – MABEL JULI Mabel paints of a dreamtime story told to her by both parents, this story takes place on her mother’s country which is called Spring Vale station. This is the Kangaroo dreaming – There were two different species of kangaroo’s, Jarlangarnany from plain country and the other was Read more…
Jamerndel – Tatum Rivers Tatum is drawn to painting jamerndel (ant hills, or termite mounds) as they are significant to Gija Country but also because of their meaning to her and her family. Her ancestors were placed in jamerndel of a particular colour when they passed away, and her Jaru side family believe anthills are Read more…
Jamerndel – Tatum Rivers Tatum is drawn to painting jamerndel (ant hills, or termite mounds) as they are significant to Gija Country but also because of their meaning to her and her family. Her ancestors were placed in jamerndel of a particular colour when they passed away, and her Jaru side family believe anthills are Read more…
Ant Hills by Tatum Rivers-Purdie Tatum is drawn to painting jamerndel (ant hills, or termite mounds) as they are significant to Gija Country but also because of their meaning to her and her family. Her ancestors were placed in jamerndel of a particular colour when they passed away, and her Jaru side family believe anthills Read more…
SPRINGVALE “Well this one you know, our land, well before, no Gardiya (whitefella) was coming before… so I drew this one, like our ancestors from the Ngarrangarni (dreamtime), they lived in the cave, that’s their home, from long time before. And this now (the rest of the painting), this is Read more…
