Bush Medicine Leaves (jammi)
These are the leaves we use for bush medicine we call Jammi. It smells like vicks or eucalyptus and is good for cuts and sores or if you are sick you can make it in into a drink.
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Bush Medicine Leaves (jammi)
These are the leaves we use for bush medicine we call Jammi. It smells like vicks or eucalyptus and is good for cuts and sores or if you are sick you can make it in into a drink.
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Untitled
This artwork came to Rodney in a dream. He remembers this place from childhood. He says that he used to swim in the water and jump off the big rock there. His nanas would sit on the ground and tell him not to be silly. One nanna laughed and threw a little rock at him. Rodney can’t remember the name of this place but hopes it will come back to him.
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Nyirri – Bush Plants
The Nyirri is the Oval Leaf Cassia. A shrub used to decorate head band and armstrings for somebody’s first ceremony in initiation. There is a cassia in the colour of grey and blue also.
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Pattern of the White Mulla Mulla
A patch of Bush Wild Flower. In the early days this flower was used for making pillows. It was gathered and sewn into the flour bags.
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Blue Gum Plant
From this plant, it provides a (Gardangu) bush lolly. It’s a toffee when mixed with hot water and add a bit of sugar.
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My Country
This painting is the representation of the fresh water swimming spots throughout Yindjibarndi country connecting through the country and the green trees surrounding them, providing perfect shade and cooling in the Pilbara heat. The reddish brown is for the dirt that rich and unique to the country. I wanted to capture the beauty through the colours and also in a way that you could recognise the landscape which is the Pilbara.
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Childhoof Memories of Caltex
This is a memory of my childhood growing up this place called Caltex in Roebourne. This is one of the locations that I spent time growing up with a mate. A very popular place for the locals and now today it still it exists as BP. Little bit of changes in the landscape, not the building. The building is still the same. I used to go there after school and chill out there with my mate Paul, son of the owner. Their family tried to steal me and take me to New Zealand which is where they went back home to! In those days, the 50cent hall was getting built which is in the background. Lots of memories here of Roebourne. After cyclone Tracey where everything was underwater, even under the BP. That highway was rebuilt, stacked up. That’s how far the damage come up. As kids we used to jump off the Caltex sign. Today its known as the BP and its famous chips. it’s always been our only shop in town back in the day and still today.
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Seeds and Waterways
After the rains in the wet season, the waterways are full and the seeds are ready to come up.