Two Tribes Coming Together
This is the story of two tribes coming together in harmony.
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Gum Tree
We have many gum trees in the Pilbara. The grow especially well around creeks and waterholes. You can spot a water source when you see the big gum trees.
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Millstream Water lily
Millstream Lily Pond is at the Millstream Homestead. The early settlers brought the water lilies with them and created a beautiful oasis with a large lily pond. This place is a significant site for the Yinjibarndi people and one they like to visit frequently.
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Pilbara Wildflowers
These are the Pilbara wildflowers that carpet the ground in wildflower season. The beautiful colours blend into the country.
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Emu Seeds
In this painting I have depicted the pods of a shrub which is common in the Pilbara area. It is a smallish bush which comes into seed in September, when the Emu is visible in the Milky Way. This is the time the emu chicks hatch and it is one of their main sources of food. When the pod opens the parent emus feed the little black seeds to their chicks. The seed pod, which is about the size and the shape of a cockroach, turns from orange to yellow, so when all the bushes are in pod at different stages, there is a brilliant display of orange and yellow colours throughout the country. The official name of this annual shrub is Senna notabilis, but, due to the oblong, flat shape and the glossy golden brown colour of its pods, it is known commonly as Cockroach Bush. It has a little round fruit, a berry, that starts of green and turns red when it is ripe, but it’s poisonous. The shrub starts off as a light green colour and then, as it matures, it gets darker. The flowers are a yellowy orange and they, too, get darker with a bit of black as they are fading away.
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The Ochre Colours
In our land, when you come to our country, you will see lots of colours in the rocks, especially in the morning or towards evening. This painting shows these colours.
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Purple Mulla Mulla
Purple Mulla Mulla grows among the grasses, blending beautifully with the bushes.
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Dry Soaks
These are the dry soaks of my country before the rain comes. Even when the country is dry there is still beauty.
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Hidden Valley
We have many of these hidden creeks running through our country. Some are dry, but you know there is water beneath the surface because of the birds flying into the thick growth of grass alongside. This is where we will find a soak for water.
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Memory of Roebourne School 80s
This is how I remember Roebourne school in the 80s before it was demolished. There was even a fishpond on the school grounds.