Ngurra NyiNgu art Exhibitio 2014N - Woodside...

Ngurra NyiNgu art ExhibitioN

2014We Are From This CounTry

open weekdays: 10 – 21 november 2014

woodside plaza Foyer

240 st GeorGes terrace, perth

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aboUt the artistclifton mack from yinjaa-barni art

Clifton started painting in mid 2001, while participating in a tertiary education course. Clifton’s art represents his country and its stories, bush tools, and native flora and fauna. While expressing his inner love for his land and his culture using the traditional aboriginal dotting technique, Clifton succeeds in producing beautiful artwork in a highly individual style.

art work FeatUred

Harding dam Lake

Harding Dam Lake was our Harding River. When we get a big cyclone our river fills up.

sharinG the stories oF the west pilbaraNow in its seventh year, the Ngurra Nyingu (We Are From This Country) Exhibition showcases artists of the West Pilbara and shares the stories of its people and culture.

In 2014, more than 250 artworks will be for sale alongside a range of painted ceramic plates and hand-carved Aboriginal artifacts. Since 2008 almost half a million dollars worth of artworks have been sold with all proceeds going to the artists, their art groups and back into the Roebourne community.

oUr commitmentWoodside and its joint venture participants in Pluto LNG are proud to again host the Ngurra Nyingu (We Are From This Country) Exhibition in 2014. The Exhibition is one of Pluto LNG’s cornerstone community activities, supporting Indigenous artists from the West Pilbara to share their culture, country and stories through artwork.

Pluto LNG also supports a range of programs and resources activities identified as important to the Traditional Custodians of the West Pilbara.

We work alongside Indigenous communities to provide opportunities that contribute to a sustainable future. We are delivering and supporting programs in the West Pilbara in the areas of education, training, employment, business participation, governance, community volunteering, youth, arts and community events. Full details of these programs are set out in Woodside’s Reconciliation Action Plan.

Additionally, Pluto LNG is committed to protect, preserve and promote the National Heritage Listed values of the Dampier Archipelago through its Conservation Agreement with the Australian Government.

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FaLLen seeds (91X91)

We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give new growth to our wild flowers.

$2,500

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my design (60X122)

$1,800

w156

spiniFeXHiLLs (60X91)

This painting represents the spinifex bushes that cover our vast range of rugged Pilbara hills.

$850

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stones (61X74)

Stones indicate a place that has been used by animals, a sign for people that there was food close by. They are also a sign there is a sacred place nearby.

$750

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waterHoLes (61X89)

This painting shows the many waterholes you find in the Pilbara region. Some are well known, others are hidden amongst the hills.

$1,000

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piLbara wiLd FLowers (30X30)

When we go to Millstream, a long distance from town, we see pretty flowers alongside the road and when we get into Millstream we see the water…like an underground spring and all the flowers around it. When you up to our country, you see lots of Mulla Mulla plants with purple flowers and yellowish seeds on top.

$250

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becoming one (45X90)

This painting represents two cultures coming together and becoming one.

$850

w170

wiLdFLowers bLooming (30X30)

When the wildflowers come out, it means there will be fruit coming soon from the plants in different seasons.

$250

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my design (30X30)

$200

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my design (30X30)

$200

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my design (30X30)

$200

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my design (30X30)

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$300

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sHooting stars (30X30)

$200

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stUrt peas (30X30)

The red Sturt Pea tells us that certain animals are ready or in season. Also it has a succulent sweet juice which can be eaten.

$200

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tHe big rain (30X30)

$200

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barbwire (30X30)

$200

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my design (30X30)

$200

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bUrst oF spring (91X90)

Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our country. When its been raining, all the flowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle.

$2,000

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We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give new growth to our wildflowers.

$1,100

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This painting represents two cultures coming together and working as one to make a better future for the younger generation.

$4,000

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my design (38X76)

$600

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mt FLorence stockyard (33X60)

My Grandfather as a young man used to work on a station in a stockyard breaking in horses and bring in cattle and sheep to the yard. After finishing this painting, although being simple from my other designs, I was very happy to have thought of it…because now I can say that I have done a painting with my loving Grandfather in mind.

$450

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Springtime is a beautiful blending of colours in our country. When it’s been raining, all the flowers come up in a pattern like a puzzle.

$4,000

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my design (25X60)

$400

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mt FLorence stockyard (59X74)

My Grandfather as a young man used to work on a station in a stockyard breaking in horses and bring in cattle and sheep to the yard. After finishing this painting, although being simple from my other designs, I was very happy to have thought of it…because now I can say that I have done a painting with my loving Grandfather in mind.

$800

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my design (25X60)

$400

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my design (45X91)

$900

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cHiLdHood memories (74X61)

$890

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stUrt pea (62X89)

The red Sturt Pea tells us that certain animals are ready or in season. Also it has a succulent sweet juice which can be eaten.

$800

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$200

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barbwire Fence (45X105)

$850

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barbwire (140X66)

$1,200

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$900

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my coUntry (65X70)

This is the country where my family went hunting for goanna, kangaroo and emu and into the sandy country where bush food and bush medicine was found.

$1,100

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coUntry (122X61)

This is my country. My grandparents, mother father and family went hunting all over here looking for bush tucker. We hunted for goanna, kangaroo and emu, into the sandy country where bush food was found and to the rivers and soaks. Our grandparents would look for bush medicine.

$3,300

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coUntry (saLt water Lakes) (121X130)


$4,500

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coUntry (861X86)


$3,900

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coraL reeF (53X93)

When the tide goes out it leaves all the weeds amongst the rockholes mixed with all the colourful coral from the ocean.

$1,450

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ngarndU ngUrra (tabLeLand) (116X76)

This is my home, rich with ochre. The square slabs of rocks formed just like a flat table top, all built up on each other.

$2,500

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Harding dam Lake (105X130)

Harding Dam Lake was once our Harding River. When we get a big cyclone our river fills up.

$4,500

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jarman isLand LigHtHoUse (91X91)

Jarman Island is just off the Pilbara coast near the old port of Cossack at the mouth of the Harding River. It is an old historical site with its lighthouse and lighthouse keepers quarters which were constructed by prisoners from Malaysia, Phillipines, China and Arabian countries. The majority of these men were from the pearling fleet which would be laid up in Cossack during the cyclone season.

$3,000

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jarman isLand LigHtHoUse (139X99)

Jarman Island is just off the Pilbara coast near the old port of Cossack at the mouth of the Harding River. It is an old historical site with its lighthouse and lighthouse keepers quarters which were constructed by prisoners from Malaysia, Phillipines, China and Arabian countries. The majority of these men were from the pearling fleet which would be laid up in Cossack during the cyclone season.

$6,000

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coUntry bLUebeLLs (67X64)

The country Bluebell is one of the common flowers growing on the edge of the river banks and around the edge of hillsides. It also grows in open plains country.

$900

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river soaks (71X135)

When the rain comes it floods all the creeks. When it dries up, it leaves the waterholes under the ground. So when there is no water to be seen on the surface, we know where to dig to get the water we need for a drink and to camp out bush. We know where the soaks are for us to have a billy tea.

$3,500

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The country Bluebell is one of the common flowers growing on the edges of the river bank and around the edge of hillsides in Yindjibarndi country.

$300

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coLoUrs tHroUgH tHe rocks (30X30)

At different times of the day, especially in the evening sunset, you will see the colours changing across the face of the rocks.

$300

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$400

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$300

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bLUe beLLs (146X120)

In the Pilbara we have little Blue Bells growing around the clay pans [little pools.

$2,500

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coLoUrs tHroUgH tHe rocks’ (114X72)


$2,500

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The country Bluebelll is one of the common flowers growing on the edges of the river bank and around the edge of hillsides. It also grows in open plains country.

$1,800

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$1,100

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coraL reeF (89X157)


$6,000

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beFore tHe rain (60X74)

During the summer season the country around the Pilbara looks so dry and most of the river beds and creeks fill up with red sand and grass and plants wither and die.

$1,000

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aFter tHe rain (76X122)

After the rain the rivers and creeks in our country come alive with a new growth of plants. The country is filled with beautiful colours. We rejoice looking at our rivers and creeks full of water, so that we can go fishing, kids can go swimming and we can picnic with our families and friends.

$4,000

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mULLa mULLa (92X45)

This is the Fortescue Mulla Mulla, Gumbarli in Yindjibarndi language. The flower is a purple colour. Not a bush medicine, just a wildflower that grows in the country…in lines along the roads, everywhere.

$1,000

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birLin birLin (45X60)

Long ago Law Ceremony started on the top end of Fortescue... a place called Birlin Birlin. Today the Yindjibarndi tribe go to law ground every year and still carry the Birda ceremony and sharing with other tribes at Birlin Birlin. At the Birlin Birlin where it all began you can see where the dance began, the morning star and the footprints in the rock. The elders tell the story and walk in the country. This keeps us strong and our culture alive.

$800

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piLbara wiLdFLowers (76X122)


$3,500

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piLbara creeks (30X30)

During the rainy season many creeks are hidden among the rocky hills of the Pilbara country. The locals like fishing on the banks of the creeks, catching many different varieties of fish.

$200

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$250

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pLate

$300

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HamersLey wiLdFLowers (61X90)

After a big rain in the Hamersley Range, you notice how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the beautiful wildflowers.

$1,900

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After the rain the creeks and rivers in our country come alive with a new growth of plants. The country is filled with beautiful colours. We rejoice looking at our rivers and creeks full of water, so that we can go fishing, kids can go swimming and we can picnic with our families and friends.

$1,100

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mULLa mULLa (45X91)

This is the Fortescue Mulla Mulla, Gumbarli in Yindjibarndi language. The flower is a purplish colour. Once the leaves and petals have fallen off the seeds are blown all through the land to bring flowers again next year.

$1,100

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wiLdFLowers in FULL bLoom (59X90)

Pilbara wildflowers are beautiful especially when they are in full bloom. Going out bush at this time of the year is always a treat. To be able to gaze at the colours always gives me inspiration for my paintings.

$1,500

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coraL reeF (107X103)


$4,000

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wiLdFLower patcH (43X60)

In spring I can never get over the beauty of these purple Mulla Mullas when they are in bloom along with the other yellow, pink and white flowers, and the yell Blue Gum flower. It’s like a beautiful garden that you never have to water.

$600

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wiLdFLowers in FULL bLoom (44X61)

Pilbara wildflowers are beautiful, especially when they are in full bloom. Going out bush at this time of the year is always a treat. To be able to gaze at the colours always gives me inspiration for my paintings.

$650

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$600

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After the big rain in the Hamersley Range, you notice how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the beautiful wild flowers.

$1,600

w145


In spring I can never get over the beauty of these purple Mulla Mullas when they are in bloom…along with the other yellow, pink and white flowers, and the yellow Blue Gum flower. It’s like a beautiful garden that you never have to water.

$1,600

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$200

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HamersLey ranges (76X122)

When I was a little girl, I lived on Mt. Florence Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$2,500

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When I was a little girl, I lived on Mt. Florence Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$4,500

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When I was young, I lived on Mt. Florence Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$710

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pLate

$250

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When I was young, I lived on Mt Florence Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$1,200

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After the big rain in the Hamersley Range, you notice how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the beautiful wildflowers.

$200

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After the big rain in the Hamersley Range you notice how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the beautiful wildflowers.

$200

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When I was young, I lived on a Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and the changing colours.

$200

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tabLeLand coUntry (30X30)

This is Yindjibarndi Country. The top end of the Fortescue to the Tablelands, this is where it all began…what we refer to as “In the Beginning When the World was Soft.”

$200

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When I was young, I lived on a station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$200

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$800

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After the rain the rivers and creeks in our country come alive with a new growth of plants. The country is filled with beautiful colours.

$200

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When I was young, I lived on a Station with my Mum and Dad. From there we could see the beautiful Hamersley Ranges and her changing colours.

$2,500

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tHe dry river bed (30X30)

$200

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dry river bed (46X60)

When the rain comes it always brings plenty of water. But when it gets really hot and the river dries up the soak still have water, and if you are thirsty or want to fill the billy for tea, you can always dig for fresh clean water from a soak along the sandy river bed.

$200

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emU seeds (45X85)

This small bush 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 their main sources of foods.

$840

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emU seeds (45X61)

This small bush 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 their main sources of foods.

$600

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$300

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my coUntry in spring (30X91)

My country in spring among the spinifex has many flowers. You see lots of purple and cream Mulla Mulla and the Emu plant with its bright orange and yellow seeds, plus many of the flowers.

$900

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emU seed (30X30)

This small bush 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 food sources.

$300

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In spring I can never get over the beauty of these purple Mulla Mullas when they are in bloom, along with the yellow, pink and white flowers and the yellow Blue Gum flower. It’s like a beautiful garden that you never have to water.

$300

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$300

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emU seeds (30X30)

This small bush 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 food sources.

$300

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stUrt pea (30X30)

The red sturt pea tells us that certain animals are ready or in season. Also it has a succulent sweet juice which can be eaten.

$300

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my coUntry in spring (30X30)

My country in spring among the spinifex has many flowers. You see lots of purple and cream Mulla Mulla and the Emu Plant with its bright orange and yellow seeds.

$300

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stUrt peas (30X30)

$300

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spiniFeX coUntry (75X61)

In September when we are looking for gum from the Blue Gum Tree, we walk through the spinifex country. We pick the gum when it is crystal colour, and we eat it, or put it into hot water to make it like a toffee. We call it sugar lolly.

$980

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bUsH potato (45X85)

The vine of this plant climbs up the trees. You follow the roots until you find the potato. Then you cook it on the top of the coals or you can bury it under the hot ashes.

$950

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green pooL [water HoLes] (35X90)

This is a place where me and my family go out on the weekend. We enjoy going swimming and fishing here. It is a fresh water spring in the middle of the bush.

$750

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soFt spiniFeX seed (118X135)

Our country is covered with spinifex. In the old days our elders would grind the spinifex seeds to make flour for damper. The resin from this spinifex was used to make glue. The kangaroos also find shelter among the spinifex bushes, to hide from hunters.

$5,000

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prickLe patcH [jirdi] (30X30)

This painting reminds me of the prickles with the yellow flowers on them and the red sturt pea seen through Yindjibarndi country.

$200

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$950

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After the rain the rivers and creeks in our country come alive with a new growth of plants. The country is filled with beautiful colours.

$2,000

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piLbara wiLd FLowers (45X90)


$1,300

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miLLstream water LiLy (30X91)

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 Yindjibarndi people and one they like to visit frequently.

$1,100

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tHe big rain (90X90)

When the big rain comes its our cyclone season. When a cyclone comes it leaves a lot of water, it floods in places that have been dry for a long time.

$3,200

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waLking tHroUgH tHe Land (91X91)

Long ago in the dreamtime our ancestors were walking freely in the country…visiting, hunting and enjoying camping. Always looking after the country and to this day we still respect the land…sharing stories about the country where sacred sites are and what tribe belongs to that country.

$2,500

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miLLstream crossing (46X88)

This is one of our camping and swimming spots at Millstream.

$800

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$500

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tHe Land witH many rivers (30X91)

This painting is about the many rivers that run through the Pilbara region. The rivers all see to run when the cyclone season hits.

$750

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We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give new growth to our wild flowers.

$750

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During the rainy season many creeks are hidden among the rocky hill of the Pilbara country. The locals from this area like fishing on the banks of the creeks, catching many different varieties of fish.

$200

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$550

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bLUebeLLs (30X61)

In the Pilbara we have little bluebells growing around the clay pans.

$650

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picket Fences (76X122)

Outback Pilbara stations Mt Florence, Coolawanyah and Hooley Stations had many picket fences. Most of the fences are broken down now, some were repaired to stop the cattle from roaming around. The fences were by the waterholes and windmill boundaries on the Stations.

$3,000

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$3,000

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seagULLs and cormacks (140X138)

Seagulls and cormacks are common ocean birds. During the day they fly in flocks swooping down in the sea to catch fish with their sharp beaks. Night fall they sleep together in flocks. If any predator comes in they alert each other. They remind me of our tribe, we flock together as family...we help and look after one another. It has always been that way for my people.

$6,000

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seagULLs and cormacks (139X85)

Seagulls and cormacks are common ocean birds. During the day they fly in flocks swooping down in the sea to catch fish with their sharp beaks. Night fall they sleep together in flocks. If any predator comes in they alert each other. They remind me of our tribe, we flock together as family...we help and look after one another. It has always been that way for my people.

$3,500

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bLackberries (58X74)

$1,100

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$4,000

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cooLabaH seeds (100X100)

The Coolabah tree is one of our medicine trees. We boil up the leaves to use for colds. It was also used as a broom in the olden days. We still use it to sweep up when we go camping out bush.

$3,500

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$2,900

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yiLiway (60X91)

When the rainy season comes the dark storms surround the country pouring down rain. When the rain splits up into little groups that will leave the sign of the rainbow colours.

$1,000

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piLbara HiLLs (140X88)

In our country we have many hills of all different shapes and sizes. When driving through country at different times the colours change and some of the hills look like velvet in the evening and morning light.

$4,000

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cooLabaH seeds (93X88)

The Coolabah tree is one of our medicine trees. We boil up the leaves to use for colds. It was also used as a broom in the olden days by the old people. We still use it to sweep up when we go camping out bush.

$1,900

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FortescUe bLackberries (44X88)

$800

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We have many fallen seeds from our plants…these create new growth to our wildflowers.

$2,100

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Home oF tHe sea sHeLL (91X91)

When you walk on the sand and the sun reflects on the sea water as the tide goes out, there is the shape of the rippling of the sand and you see sea shells in there as well. I have made the design and patterns to capture the light reflecting on the sand and the water.

$1,300

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waLking tHroUgH coUntry (59X122)

Long ago in the dreamtime our ancestors were walking freely in the country, visiting, hunting and enjoying camping, always looking after country. To this date we still respect the land, sharing stories about the country and where sacred sites are what tribe belongs to that country.

$1,200

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soFt spiniFeX seed (84X45)

Our country is covered in spinifex. In the old days our elders would grind the spinifex seeds to make flour for damper. The resin from this spinifex was used to make glue. The kangaroos also find shelter among the spinifex bushes to hide from hunters.

$800

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During the rainy season many creeks are hidden among the rocky hills of the Pilbara country. The locals like fishing on the banks of the creeks, catching many different varieties of fish.

$200

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piLbara HiLLs (30X30)

$200

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tHe sea bed (30X30)

$200

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minga [bUsy ants] (42X118)

Busy ants are shown here collecting food before winter. Bunjima people call the food ‘mulma nujnu.’ This name comes from the leaves, and another name is ‘ngardanu’ which comes from the branches.

$1,000

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seeds (30X30)

This painting represents seeds that were gathered for food. They were ground into flour to make small nutritious dampers.

$200

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minga [bUsy ants] (91X31)

Busy ants are shown here collecting food before winter. Bunjima people call the food ‘mulma nujnu.’ This name comes from the leaves and another name is ‘ngardanu’, which comes from the branches.

$1,000

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bUsH potato (95X36)

The vine of this plant climbs up the trees. You dig under the ground where you see the cracks, dig it up with a digging stick and follow the roots until you find the potato. Then you cook it on the top of the coals, or you can bury it under the hot ashes.

$1,000

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bUsH potato (45X61)

The vine of this plant climbs up the trees. You dig under the ground where you see the cracks, dig it up with a digging stick and follow the roots until you find the potato. Then you cook it on the top of the coals, or you can bury it under the hot ashes.

$900

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sea bed (90X100)

When I’m traveling from place to place by plane, I look down to see the blue of the sea and the cream of the sea bed, which leads me home.

$3,500

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bUsH tUrkey among wiLdFLowers (100X76)

Bardurra - Bush turkey feathers amongst the grevillia flowers. They hide from other animals and hunters.

$1,300

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mUrrdiLyinagLi [Leaves and twigs] (30X30)

$200

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memories (118X42)

I was born in the bush and as a child I grew up being taught everything from plants to animals, hill and rivers, their names and use. All this knowledge was passed on by my elder parents. Claypan was our swimming pool , the yellow colour is a reminder forever in my mind of the yellow flowers that grew near and around the claypan.

$900

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$250

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memories (30X91)

I was born in the bush... as a child I grew up being taught everything from plants to animals, hills and rivers and their names and use. All this was the knowledge passed on to us by my elder parents. Claypan was our swimming poll, the yellow colour is a reminder forever in my mind of the yellow flowers that grew near and around the claypan.

$990

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emU bUsH tUcker (88X128)

$4,500

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jiirda HiLLs (89X101)

$2,300

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mingUiiL [native berries] (89X87)

$2,000

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emU bUsH tUcker (91X89)

$3,900

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bUsH FrUit (30X30)

When the old people take all the kids out fishing on Ngarluma country, we all do our share of collecting wood and cleaning fish…then all the kids go collecting wild berries.

$200

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stepping stones (30X30)

When the world was soft…when everything began…these are the stepping stones the ancestors used as they walked across the world a long time ago…before we was born…you know, when the world was being made.

$200

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pretty rocks (30X30)

In Ngarluma country you find rocks of different colours. Most people see the red and brown, but if you go out on country and look carefully, you will see many other colours. The rocks have been here forever, from when our ancestors walked the earth when it was soft...and then it got hard and the rocks formed.

$200

w123

mUnni mUnni HiLLs (30X30)

This is the story about the Munni Munni Hill in my country over there, Cherrida Way, Ngarluma Country. Munni Munni is called the zebra hill because it has stripes in the back of the hill, that is why it is also called zebra hill.

$200

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barU (73X31)

This is the story about the Munni Munni Hill in my country over there, Cherrida Way, Ngarluma Country. Munni Munni is called the zebra hill because it has stripes in the back of the hill, that is why it is also called zebra hill.

$540

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rivers and waters (40X115)

Throughout our country, Ngarluma land, there are many beautiful places. People think of the red rocks and the green of the grass but there are many other colours.

$450

w124

bUsH seeds and FrUits (30X30)

People think Ngarluma country is just red rock, but out on country there are a lot of plants, especially in the wet season. A lot of the plants have seeds and fruits that you can eat. They’re different to anything you buy in the shops, they’re our own bush tucker that the country gives to us.

$200

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bUsH tUcker (66X53)

Throughout the country these seeds grow wild, so we walk near and far from the camps to collect them for bush food.

$670

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mUnda pretty bULa

Pretty rocks are all around in the river ways and country in Roebourne. We call the rocks ‘munda’.

$1,200

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beaUtiFUL ngarLUma coUntry (30X30)

Our Ngarluma country is at the heart of our culture…we live in the red country of the Pilbara, but it’s not always red. After the rains the flowers come in every colour, the waterholes are full and the sublight reflects off them in even more colours.

$200

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seeds tHroUgH coUntry (30X30)

Our Ngarluma country is at the heart of our culture…we live in the red country of the Pilbara, but it’s not always red. A lot of plants have seeds that you can eat. They’re different to anything you buy in the shops; they’re our own bush tucker that the country gives to us.

$200

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pretty coUntry tHroUgH my eyes (122X58)

After the rains the flowers come in every colour, the waterholes are full and the sunlight reflects off them in even more colours. Our country is very beautiful all year round, but especially at the time the wildflowers bloom.

$1,750

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seeds (90X90)

After the rains the flowers come in every colour, the waterholes are full and the sunlight reflects off them in even more colours. Our country is very beautiful all year round, but especially at the time the wildflowers bloom.

$650

w139

seeds (90X55)

Pretty bula wildflowers grow in the country, there are many different kinds that grow in different seasons.

$570

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roots and seeds (122X90)

Little seeds are different colours too, like the big ones are different. All sorts of plants, they got all different seeds and they come up as beautiful flowers.

$1,350

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wiLd seeds tHroUgH coUntry (30X30)

Out through this country there are bush seeds that grow wild. Some of them are bush foods that we still go out bush to collect and cook with, also we use some for medicines.

$200

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wiLd FLowers (79X54)

Through my eyes the country side it is so pretty, the colours bring our country to life.

$1,100

w210

bUsH seeds (30X30)

Wild bush seeds grow throughout Ngarluma country.

$200

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bUsH seeds (80X89)

Out through this country there are bush seeds that grow wild. Some of them are bush food that we cook with and use for medicines. We go to teach our young kids the plants and stories of how we cook the seeds.

$950

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wHen tHe wiLd FLowers grow (91X87)

Through country I see the natural pretty colours of the lands. When it is the season our wildflowers grow.

$1,750

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bUsH seeds (116X96)

Bush seeds are tucker for animals and for us too. They grow wild throughout this country. Some come only in spring or autumn and other feed us all through the year.

$2,000

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camp sites (30X30)

All around the Pilbara there are places where we camp. Sometimes because there is good hunting or fishing near there, sometimes because that’s where we go for cultural things.

$200

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stories oF tHe Lands (145X106)

I see the stories that have been left for us all through my grandparents country. It is Yindjibarndi country that I walk through, this country where my Mum’s Dad took her, telling her the stories of our culture where she was a child. Just being on this country brings back the good times from when I was a child growing up and learning of my old people.

$4,000

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bUsH tUcker (50X110)

Many years ago our people would live off the natural bush food. They would walk as many miles across the land to look for food just to feed their kids. The bush foods are things that taste like tomatoes, figs, yams, nuts, herbs, seeds and even some sweets.

$1,500

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beaUtiFUL coUntry (111X53)

This country is so beautiful. When we go out bush with our families the country brings out its colours. There are waterholes through this land that I call home, and stories that our ancestors put on the rocks so we could teach our kids.

$1,270

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dragonFLy (29X25)

When babies are born in the dry season the dragonfly is also born. It buzzes around in the air, and mothers catch the dragonflies to test babies hearing.

$200

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beaUtiFUL coUntry oF my peopLe (82X49)

Each day I get up and I see the country, it is so pretty as far as the eye could see. The colours that show just how beautiful is this land, the home of my people, the Yindjibarndi fresh water people.

$670

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goanna (53X53)

Goannas can grow bigger than a man,with sharp teeth and claws, but some are smaller than your arm. The will hunt any animal smaller than them, but will also eat dead animals they find in the desert. They even attack snakes, and our stories say that if they get bitten they eat a special plant which stops them from dying.

$470

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pretty coUntry (50X46)

This country is so pretty. The sun shines down and that makes the colours of our country, this beautiful land , come to life.

$570

w230

coLoUrs oF tHis coUntry (66X47)

These colours of the country that bloom when the sun brings out the wildlife running free and the flowers that grow so wild throughout the lands.

$650

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pretty coUntry (34X29)

The country is so pretty…. when it is the winter season the flowers grow wild.

$220

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Honey ants (42X48)

These are the ants you find on the land of my people. Aphids suck the sap from trees and make sweet honey dew liquid, then the ants collect it. Then during the rains some of the ants store the honey in their bodies, which swell up. Sometimes they grow as big as a grape. Women dig into the anthills and find them, and squeeze off the swelled parts to eat.

$370

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sea wiLdLiFe (37X46)

$300

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narmaL coUntry (71X59)

My country is Narmal country…up towards Port Hedland. This is how I see it.

$670

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bUsH medicine tree

This is a bush medicine plant. When our kids are sick we go out bush to look for this tree so we could boil it. Our kids would wash their body with it. The medicine on the tree is like a soap that we use to kill the bugs and clean the skin.

$1,950

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tHroUgH my coUntry (134X90)

Every day I go out fishing I see the natural colours of this country, De Grey River country. The colours that bring out the birds that sing the song of the land. We also make camp sites and gather around the camp fire telling stories of our ancestors.

$2,200

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miLLstream waterHoLes (85X85)

This is where we go out to Millstream to have a swim and enjoy the day with our families when the rivers run. Millstream is where my family are from and we call it home, the home of my people, the Yindjibarndi freshwater people.

$1,750

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my coUntry tHroUgH my eyes (55X99)

We go out to Millstream to have a swim and enjoy the day with families. Millstream is my families country and we call it home. Even if the rest of the land is dry, there is always water at Millstream, so there is always green grass and trees and most of the year there are many colours from other plants and flowers.

$1,900

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ngarLUma coUntry (60X82)

$1,200

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ngarLUma coUntryside (30X30)

There are many different bush tucker plants that grow wild through Ngarluma lands.

$200

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ngarLUma coUntry (30X30)

Our country is so pretty... when we come back to this land it gives us a good feeling.

$200

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bUbbLe grass (101X76)

After the rain the bubble grass grows throughout the countryside.

$2,200

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coLoUrs oF ngarLUma coUntry (71X53)

Ngarluma countryside goes all the way to the seaside. The water and lands are so pretty it catches your eyes. The colours of the lands and water are like the stories of our ancestors…in the dreaming places.

$1,200

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my motHer coUntry (66X117)

My mother country is Ngarluma lands. When I was growing up my Mum would take me out through this country telling me stories of our ancestors…where they walked the land marking places of knowledge.

$3,700

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spiritUaL coUntry (135X90)

When I see the country it brings me back to my dreaming places, where I was told stories of our cultural lands and ancestors who walked the country.

$2,900

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bUsH beans (87X87)

In the wet season these bush beans grow wild throughout the countryside. We eat these beans, it is part of our bush tucker.

$950

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rock art in ngarLUma coUntry (30X30)

This land that I call home, it has much stories from many years ago…when our ancestors walked this country, marking the countryside with stories and teaching places.

$200

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red dUst coUntry 11 (113X70)

Through my eyes, the way I see my country. It is so pretty that I love going back to country to see how it changes colours, through the red dust comes the water that fills the creeks through the hills in the wet season.

$1,200

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two snakes bring tHe rains (74X60)

Many years ago our old people told us about the stories of the two snakes fighting in the sky. That made a big rain over the Pilbara. It was a cyclone that turned this country into a mess; broken trees and house also the power lines. The river was so full that it was bank to bank, no one could get across the river here.

$500

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waterHoLes (65X50)

Waterholes through this land I call home. Every time when it is wet season the rains would fill our waterholes up and we would go out with our families to the old camping spots where our old people went many years ago.

$570

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bajiL seed (116X104)

Bajil seed is a bush fruit that grows wild through the country. You get it and smack it against your hands and it opens out…its so sweet and tastes so good.

$2,700

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ngarLUma coUntry

This is about the times of wanting to see and hear the stories of our ancestors. Lines go through the country teaching cultural places but not enough understanding. It’s within us, our culture is being destroyed…there is nothing left to come back to.

$1,100

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rain stones (56X116)

In our culture, our elders would go out bush to collect these white rain rocks to make rain. When it is so hot our old people would get the billy can and fill it up with water and put the rocks in the water and sing songs - our tribal songs - and sing the rain clouds to make storms come and rain to come down.

$1,200

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Unknown teacHing pLaces (118X105)

This land has so many places where our people would carve their stories on rock art in the country. Now when you come on country you see the sadness of the unknown, of where is our teaching places of knowledge of our people…it is lost from no respect for culture and country.

$3,900

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red dUst coUntry

I see this land drifting away in big trains to a place of unknowing that only knows the price of dollars. This land has a lot of culture and knowledge from our ancestors that walked the land many years ago.

$5,500

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tHroUgH my eyes (114X111)

Here I stand every day as I hear the trains going by with the richness of our country. The stories of our ancestors are being taken away from our country.

$2,700

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wogrey dreaming [FisH dreaming] (117X86)

Every time we go out to fish we call out to the ancestor spirits to share food from the waters to feed our family. In this way we show our respect for the land and for our cultural ways of talking to the spirit that still walks with us today; of knowing that we are from the country...

$3,000

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markings on tHe Land (108X114)

Through my eyes I see the markings of our ancestors. Stories from many years ago where our ancestors would walk far from the camp site and put stories on rocks…these are our teaching places, where we still go back and look and also learn about our people that were here many years ago.

$2,700

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tHe beaUtiFUL coUntry (115X110)

These are the flowers of the Pilbara…the blooming beautiful colours that shine on the wild flowers and make it so pretty that each time we go out bush we see the purple Mulla Mulla flowers that grow wild through the country that I call home, the Pilbara.

$3,000

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water tHroUgH coUntry (48X116)

The water that runs through the country fills the rivers and creeks. It brings out the wildflowers and brings life to the countryside. When the rains come, the water makes everything change colours, even the rocks.

$1,200

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bUndUt groUnd (30X30)

The Bundut is a dancing and meeting place at the law ground. The people sit on the ground there and they sing songs. The ladies dance around behind the men when they’re singing the song

$200

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The Bundut is a dancing and meeting place at the law ground. The people sit on the ground there and they sing songs. The ladies dance around behind the men when they’re singing the song. The Bundut is a special place for teaching and learning. This important ceremonial site also has its own song.

$790

he law ground. The people sit on the ground there and they sing songs. The ladies dance around behind the men when they’re singing the song. The Bundut is a special place for teaching and learning. This important ceremo-nial site also has its own song.

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The Bundut is a dancing and meeting place at the law ground. The people sit on the ground there and they sing songs. The ladies dance around behind the men when they’re singing the song. The Bundut is a special place for teaching and learning. This important ceremonial site also has its own song.

$790

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bUsH tree (90X90)

Every time we go out to fish we call out to the ancestor spirits to share food from the waters to feed our family. In this way we show our respect for the land and for our cultural ways of talking to the spirit that still walks with us today; of knowing that we are from the country...

$750

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snake crossing tHe Land (47X57)

One morning when we was sitting outside an old lady came and told us about the snake in the sky that was crossing the land to go to the sea…the old lady would tell us about the stories of the two snakes that fight in the sky for the lands and water holes.

$950


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dry coUntry (30X30)

Our Millstream way, during the dry season the creek beds dry up. Only the river stays full. You can see where the creeks used to be, and where the water will flow again once the rains come.

$200

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rainbow serpent in tHe water (20X47)

The Warlu is part of the Yindjibarndi dreaming. It is a big sea snake name Barrimirndi, who came from the sea at Coral Bay and went across the land. The trails he carved out made waterways. Barrimirndi got angry with two boys who caught and cooked a Gurdarnkurdarn [Mulga Parrot] and he went underground to hunt them. That’s how he made the Fortescue River. We believe the spirit serpent still lives in that same rock pool he created at Nhanggangunha, and that you must approach it in the correct way or you will be harmed.

$900

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dry coUntry

The Harding River through Roebourne and out to Cossack. There are plenty of marshes which we sometimes cross to go fishing but the tide gets too high and we can’t go anywhere.

$2,200

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miLLstream waterHoLes (72X55)

Millstream is where we go out to have a swim and enjoy the day with our families. No matter what time of year there is always some water at Millstream, but during the rainy season trhe waterholes fill up and sometimes overflow. Millstream is where my family are from and we call it home, the home of my people, the Yindjibarndi freshwater people.

$1,270

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miLLstream waters (109X132)

This is where we go out to Millstream to have a swim and enjoy the day with our families when the rivers run. Millstream is where my family come from and we call it home, home of my people, the Yindjibarndi Freshwater people.

$3,200

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Joanne nanGal a 72

kimberley sl at tery 73

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marlon cooke 76

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aboriginaL womens tooLs (54X70)

Yandi Bowl, used to carry water, bushtucker, babies. Junah-female fighting stick. Digging sticks used to search for bush tucker and water soaks. Two dinner camp sites where families gather to cook their catch on the fires lit for warmth and light during darkness. Where yarning and story time telling passing on knowledge takes place. The fire place also has medicinal powers.

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desert banana (70X55)

Traditionally the bush banana has been a great source of food and nutriment for our people. You can eat both the pods [flowers] and the banana itself and has been used as a basic food supply. They grow on vines along riverbanks but will also grow in spinifex country. They are refreshing and juicy to eat raw or you can cook them in the coals.

$1,400

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brabUngii [water pytHon dreaming] (120X70)

The python looks after the permanent pools. He keeps the water ways alive and green.

$1,050

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waterHoLes (58X83)

This painting depicts water pools in Thalyaindi or Croydon station, which is in Ngarluma country. This is my father’s traditional country, my family have a long and sacred association with this place. During the wet season all the rivers and pools are flowing with water.

$750

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waterHoLes (92X90)


$2,500

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waterHoLes (70X53)


$1,100

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ngarLUma ngUrra (90X120)


$5,000

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bUrrUp in bLoom (65X63)

This story depicts a time when all bush foods and medicinal plants bloom on Mura Juga. Mura Juga is well know for as having one of the biggest collections of ceremonial rock art in the world. During the wet season all the plants are in bloom, many people still harvest the bush foods and plants with medicinal properties.

$1,750

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spirit gUardians (94X50)

This story depicts the guardian spirits who look after Mura Juga Ngurra [Burrup] for local custodians. Many people acknowledge the spirit guardians as keepers of country.

$1,200

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This story depicts a time when all bush foods and medicinal plants bloom on Mura Juga. Mura Juga is well known for as having one of the biggest collections of ceremonial rock art in the world. During the wet season all the plants are in bloom, many people still harvest the bush foods and plants with medicinal properties.

$5,500

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spirit gUardians (90X90)

This story depicts the guardian spirits who look after Mura Juga Ngurra [Burrup] for local custodians. Many people acknowledge the spirit guardians as keepers of country.

$1,500

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This story depicts a time when all bush foods and medicinal plants bloom on Mura Juga. Mura Juga is well known for as having one of the biggest collections of ceremonial rock art in the world. During the wet season all the plants are in bloom, many people still harvest the bush foods and plants with medicinal properties.

$1,500

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waterHoLes


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HUnting spear

This hand carved spear is used for fighting in cultural conflicts and also for hunting animals. Made from a Mulga tree, it was cut, carved and burnt to straighten out any bends.

$350

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barjarLee nyUda [ancestor coUntry] (93X80)

My painting is my perception of my Bujarhli Nyuda {Ancestor Country}. This is where my ancestors lived and hunted, where the trees still hold the story, with their scars of gathering of wild honey. My Bujarhali is my connection to Bidiltha Country, a maternal kinship passed down to generation stopping at the male born, this system identifies ones skin colour and ones role in cultural obligations and rituals.

$950

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bUsH medicine (60X55)

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