Yinjaa-Barni Art

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Boominjie Camp First Pilbara police station

Pilbara Hills Country This painting represents many Pilbara hills we have in our country and the dry spinifex everywhere with the green trees. This is my grandmothers hill at three different times of the day.

Turtle Dreaming When we see sea turtles it can mean that they can be mating and that makes us aware that they will soon be going to lay eggs. Some of our people eat the eggs and turtles. Back long ago, my people used to dive for turtles for Mr Read more…

Milky way Certain times of the year you can see the dark shape of an emu among the stars of the Milky way. During wintertime, When you can see the shape of it’s neck and head, you know that emus are ready to start laying their eggs. When you see Read more…

Ngurrin This is the Harding River. I painted this with my grandmother Allery Sandy. She taught me to paint my Country.

Minjurlu (Spinifex Gooseberry) Minjurlu is a small melon that grows out in the spinifex and it’s only used to feed the kangaroos, it’s food for the kangaroos. Minjurlu is a food that we do not eat because it’s non-edible. It’s very good for us to know all this; what we Read more…