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Ngurra Nyingu
Art Exhibition
2014
We Are
From This
Country
catalogue
open weekdays: 10 – 21 November 2014
Woodside Plaza Foyer
240 St Georges Terrace, Perth
A rt wo rk f e at ur ed
Harding Dam Lake
ABOUT THE a rt ist
Clifton Mack from Yinjaa-Barni Art
Harding Dam Lake was our Harding River.
When we get a big cyclone our river fills up.
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.
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Our commi t m ent
Woodside 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.
Sh a ring t h e sto ri es
of t h e W est Pilba r a
Now 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.
Fallen seeds (91X91)
We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give
new growth to our wild flowers.
Y inja a- Ba rni A rt Group
7
15
16
$2,500
19
W148
M el i s s a
S a n dy
W en dy
Da r by
C l i f to n
M ac k
A i l een
S a n dy
my design (60X122)
21
24
25
27
$1,800
W156
C el i a
S a n dy
Donna
Willis
41
43
46
barngi /
pa n sy s a m b o
Daw n
S a n dy
J oa n n e
Willis
38
NINA
SMITH
Alicia
S a n dy
37
Ju s t i n a
Willis
36
ja n i c e
s a n dy
34
M a r l en e
Harold
31
m AU DIE
J ERROLD
A l l ery
S a n dy
spinifeXhills (60X91)
OTHER ARTISTS E X HIBITING
not pic t ur ed
BIANCA LON G 4 4
This painting represents the spinifex bushes that cover
our vast range of rugged Pilbara hills.
$850
MELISSA SA NDY
W147
W157
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
W158
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
KAYE WHITE4 5
7
MELISSA SA NDY
W173
pilbara wild flowers (30X30)
my design (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.
$200
$250
W159
W174
becoming one (45X90)
my design (30X30)
This painting represents two cultures coming
together and becoming one.
$850
$200
W170
wildflowers blooming (30X30)
When the wildflowers come out, it means there
will be fruit coming soon from the plants in different
seasons.
$250
W175
BECOMING ONE (30X30)
This painting represents two cultures coming together
and becoming one.
$300
MELISSA SA NDY
W169
W171
my design (30X30)
$200
W179
sHOOTING STARS (30X30)
$200
W172
my design (30X30)
$200
W180
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
8
9
MELISSA SA NDY
W259
the big rain (30X30)
BECOMING ONE (182X91)
$200
This painting represents two cultures coming together
and working as one to make a better future for the
younger generation.
$4,000
W4
my design (38X76)
$600
W182
barbwire (30X30)
$200
W5
mt florence stockyard (33X60)
my design (30X30)
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.
$200
$450
W183
W17
burst of spring (76X122)
MELISSA SA NDY
W181
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.
W189
$4,000
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
W19
my design (25X60)
$400
W248
fallen seeds (44x91)
We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give
new growth to our wildflowers.
$1,100
10
11
MELISSA SA NDY
W62
mt florence stockyard (59x74)
burst of spring (91X61)
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.
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.
$1,000
$800
W49
W21
burst of spring (45x61)
my design (25X60)
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.
$400
$800
W31
my design (45X91)
W60
$900
burst of spring (60X69)
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.
$900
MELISSA SA NDY
W25
W33
childhood memories (74X61)
$890
W68
burst of spring (30x30)
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.
$200
W45
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
W75
barbwire fence (45X105)
$850
12
13
MELISSA SA NDY
W149
barbwire (140x66)
my country (65X70)
$1,200
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
W146
becoming one (86X79)
This painting represents two cultures coming together
and becoming one.
$900
W1
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
W3
country (salt water lakes) (121X130)
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.
wendy darby
W86
$4,500
W9
country (861X86)
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.
$3,900
W37
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
14
15
clifton mack
W56
ngarndu ngurra (tableland) (116X76)
river soaks (71X135)
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.
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.
$2,500
$3,500
W6
W70
harding dam lake (105X130)
country bluebells (30x30)
Harding Dam Lake was once our Harding River. When
we get a big cyclone our river fills up.
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.
$4,500
$300
W73
W35
colours through the rocks (30x30)
jarman island lighthouse (91x91)
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
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
$300
clifton mack
W2
W101
plate
W50
$400
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
W52
W102
plate
$300
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
16
17
clifton mack
W7
plate
blue bells (146x120)
$300
In the Pilbara we have little Blue Bells growing around
the clay pans [little pools.
$2,500
W48
colours through the rocks’ (114x72)
W104
plate
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
$2,500
$300
W87
COUNTRY BLUEBELLS (122x60)
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.
W105
plate
$300
$1,800
W95
aileen sandy
W103
PLATE
$ 350
W106
plate
$300
W185
COLOURS THROUGH THE ROCKS (91x76)
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
$1,100
18
19
aileen sandy
W12
COLOURS THROUGH THE ROCKS (61x59)
coral reef (89x157)
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
When the tide goes out it leaves all the weeds amongst
the rockholes mixed with all the colourful coral from the
ocean.
$850
$6,000
W28
BEFORE THE RAIN (60x74)
W193
COLOURS THROUGH THE ROCKS (166x73)
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
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
$5,000
W34
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.
ALLERY sandy
W191
$4,000
W39
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
W46
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
20
21
ALLERY sandy
W154
pilbara wildflowers (76x122)
AFTER THE RAIN (30x91)
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.
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.
$3,500
$1,100
W71
W155
PILBARA CREEKS (30x30)
MULLA MULLA (45x91)
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.
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.
$200
$1,100
W190
WILDFLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM (59x90)
W98
PLATE
$250
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
ALLERY sandy
W53
W100
PLATE
$300
W152
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
22
23
A LICIA sandy
W64
CORAL REEF (107X103)
WILDFLOWER PATCH (43x60)
When the tide goes out it leaves all the weeds amongst
the rockholes mixed with all the colourful coral from the
ocean.
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.
$4,000
$600
W83
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
W89
PILBARA WILDFLOWERS (60x43)
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.
Dawn sandy
W20
$600
W144
HAMERSLEY WILDFLOWERS (79x100)
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
WILDFLOWER PATCH (91x91)
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
24
25
Dawn sandy
W11
PILBARA WILDFLOWERS (30x30)
HAMERSLEY RANGES (76x122)
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.
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.
$200
$2,500
W22
HAMERSLEY RANGES (140x86)
W168
PILBARA WILDFLOWERS (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.
$200
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
W30
HAMERSLEY RANGES (30x91)
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
Celia Sandy
W167
W36
PLATE
$250
W54
HAMERSLEY RANGES (65x95)
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
26
27
Celia Sandy
W82
HAMERSLEY WILDFLOWERS (30x30)
HAMERSLEY RANGES (30x30)
After the big rain in the Hamersley Range, you notice
how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the
beautiful wildflowers.
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
$200
W72
HAMERSLEY WILDFLOWERS (30x30)
After the big rain in the Hamersley Range you notice
how quickly the country starts to bloom with all the
beautiful wildflowers.
$200
W84
HAMERSLEY RANGES (30x30)
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
W76
HAMERSLEY WILDFLOWERS (30x30)
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
W91
HAMERSLEY RANGES (45x88)
Celia Sandy
W67
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.
$800
W77
TABLELAND COUNTRY (30x30)
W93
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.”
AFTER THE RAIN (30x30)
$200
$200
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.
W81
HAMERSLEY RANGES (30x30)
W150
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.
HAMERSLEY RANGES (91x91)
$200
28
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
29
Celia Sandy
W8
THE DRY RIVER BED (30x30)
EMU SEEDS (45x85)
$200
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
W79
EMU SEEDS (45x61)
W92
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.
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
$200
W99
PLATE
$300
W107
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.
M arlene Harold
W186
$900
W160
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
30
31
M arlene Harold
W166
WILDFLOWER PATCH (30x30)
STURT PEA (30x30)
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.
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
$300
W162
W176
WILDFLOWER PATCH (30x30)
MY COUNTRY IN SPRING (30x30)
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.
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
$300
W163
W184
WILDFLOWER PATCH (30x30)
STURT PEAS (30x30)
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
W164
$300
M arlene Harold
W161
WILDFLOWER PATCH (30x30)
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
W165
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
32
33
Justina Willis
W74
SPINIFEX COUNTRY (75x61)
PILBARA WILDFLOWERS (41x82)
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.
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.
$980
$950
W88
W32
AFTER THE RAIN (91x91)
BUSH POTATO (45x85)
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.
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.
$2,000
$950
W43
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
W55
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
W69
W151
PILBARA WILD FLOWERS (45x90)
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.
$1,300
Justina Willis
W14
W153
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
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
W254
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
34
35
Joanne Willis
W24
WALKING THROUGH THE LAND (91x91)
COLOURS THROUGH THE ROCKS (36x56)
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.
At different times of the day, especially in the evening
sunset, you will see the colours changing across the
face of the rocks.
$500
$2,500
W51
MILLSTREAM CROSSING (46x88)
This is one of our camping and swimming spots at
Millstream.
$800
W26
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
W27
FALLEN SEEDS (30x91)
We have many fallen seeds from our plants that give
new growth to our wild flowers.
$750
W40
PILBARA CREEKS (30x30)
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.
donna willis
W23
$200
W78
PILBARA WILDFLOWERS (20x87)
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.
$550
W90
BLUEBELLS (30x61)
In the Pilbara we have little bluebells growing around the
clay pans.
$650
36
37
M AUDIE JERROLD
W57
PICKET FENCES (76x122)
PICKET FENCES (104x152)
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.
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
$4,000
W15
PICKET FENCES (152x75)
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
W58
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
W18
SEAGULLS AND CORMACKS (140x138)
W59
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.
PICKET FENCES (60x91)
$6,000
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.
$800
W38
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
W41
BLACKBERRIES (58x74)
$1,100
M AUDIE JERROLD
W10
W61
PICKET FENCES (75x122)
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.
$2,900
W65
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
38
39
M AUDIE JERROLD
W13
PILBARA HILLS (140x88)
FALLEN SEEDS (91x91)
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.
We have many fallen seeds from our plants…these
create new growth to our wildflowers.
$2,100
$4,000
W85
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
W16
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
W92
FORTESCUE BLACKBERRIES (44x88)
$800
W47
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.
JA NICE SA NDY
W66
$1,200
W63
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
W177
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
40
41
JA NICE SA NDY
PILBARA HILLS (30x30)
$200
W29
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
W178
seeds (30x30)
THE SEA BED (30x30)
This painting represents seeds that were gathered
for food. They were ground into flour to make small
nutritious dampers.
$200
$200
W188
W194
MINGA [BUSY ANTS] (91x31)
NIN A SMITH
W187
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
W246
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
W247
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
42
43
BIA NCA LONG
W44
SEA BED (90x100)
BUSH TURKEY AMONG WILDFLOWERS (100x76)
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.
Bardurra - Bush turkey feathers amongst the grevillia
flowers. They hide from other animals and hunters.
$3,500
$1,300
K AYE W HITE
44
W42
45
BARNGI / PA NSY SA MBO
W251
MURRDILYINAGLI [LEAVES AND TWIGS] (30x30)
EMU BUSH TUCKER (88x128)
$200
$4,500
W252
W94
JIIRDA HILLS (89x101)
MEMORIES (118x42)
$2,300
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
W96
W253
PLATE
MINGUIIL [NATIVE BERRIES] (89x87)
$250
$2,000
W97
W258
PLATE
EMU BUSH TUCKER (91x89)
$250
$3,900
TUCKER
EMU BUSH
BARNGI / PA NSY SA MBO
W80
W250
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.
46
$990
47
BUSH FRUIT (30x30)
Ro ebourne A rt Group
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
49
51
52
Violet
Samson
G av i n
Snook
Norman
A lo n e
60
61
63
19
69
Lo r een
Samson
Ja n i n e
Samson
59
K at h y
Samson
Pa n sy
Hicks
58
J oy l en e
Wa r r i e
55
Cassandra
H a l d en
W121
OTHER ARTISTS E X HIBITING
not pic t ur ed
w en dy
Wa r r i e
A l i c e gu i n n es s6 6
CLI F F SAMSON6 7
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
122
PRETTY ROCKS (30x30)
Pansy Hicks
W120
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
TELISHA SAMSON6 8
W128
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
49
Pansy Hicks
W116
STEPPING STONES (119x104)
RIVERS AND WATERS (40x115)
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.
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
$980
W124
W204
STEPPING STONES (114x72)
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.
$1,600
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
W213
W197
STEPPING STONES (56x78)
BUSH TUCKER (66x53)
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.
Throughout the country these seeds grow wild, so we
walk near and far from the camps to collect them for
bush food.
$670
$750
Janine Samson
W134
W200
MUNDA PRETTY BULA
Pretty rocks are all around in the river ways and country
in Roebourne. We call the rocks ‘munda’.
$1,200
50
51
violet Samson
W140
BEAUTIFUL NGARLUMA COUNTRY (30x30)
ROOTS AND SEEDS (122x90)
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.
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
$200
W118
W142
SEEDS THROUGH COUNTRY (30x30)
WILD 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.
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
$200
W129
W206
PRETTY COUNTRY THROUGH MY EYES (122x58)
WILD FLOWERS (79x54)
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.
Through my eyes the country side it is so pretty, the
colours bring our country to life.
$1,100
$1,750
violet Samson
W117
W136
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
W210
BUSH SEEDS (30x30)
Wild bush seeds grow throughout Ngarluma country.
$200
W139
SEEDS (90x55)
Pretty bula wildflowers grow in the country, there are
many different kinds that grow in different seasons.
W235
$570
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.
BUSH SEEDS (80x89)
$950
52
53
violet Samson
W207
WHEN THE WILD FLOWERS GROW (91x87)
CAMP SITES (30x30)
Through country I see the natural pretty colours of the
lands. When it is the season our wildflowers grow.
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.
$1,750
$200
W237
W215
BUSH SEEDS (116x96)
STORIES OF THE LANDS (145x106)
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.
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.
$2,000
$4,000
W217
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
W222
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
Cassandra Halden
W236
W226
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
54
55
Cassandra Halden
W232
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF MY PEOPLE (82x49)
HONEY ANTS (42x48)
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.
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.
$670
$370
W228
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
W229
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
W240
SEA WILDLIFE (37x46)
$300
Cassandra Halden
W227
W231
PRETTY COUNTRY (34x29)
The country is so pretty…. when it is the winter season
the flowers grow wild.
$220
56
57
G avin Snook
W202
NARMAL COUNTRY (71x59)
BUSH MEDICINE TREE
My country is Narmal country…up towards Port
Hedland. This is how I see it.
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.
$670
$1,950
W212
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
NORM A N ALONE
58
W198
59
JOY LENE WARRIE
W199
MILLSTREAM WATERHOLES (85x85)
NGARLUMA COUNTRY (60x82)
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.
$1,200
$1,750
W239
W208
MY COUNTRY THROUGH MY EYES (55x99)
NGARLUMA COUNTRYSIDE (30x30)
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.
There are many different bush tucker plants that grow
wild through Ngarluma lands.
$200
$1,900
W209
NGARLUMA COUNTRY (30x30)
Our country is so pretty... when we come back to this
land it gives us a good feeling.
$200
K ATH Y SA MSON
W224
W214
BUBBLE GRASs (101x76)
After the rain the bubble grass grows throughout the
countryside.
$2,200
W221
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
60
61
K ATH Y SA MSON
W119
MY MOTHER COUNTRY (66x117)
ROCK ART IN NGARLUMA COUNTRY (30x30)
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.
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.
$3,700
$200
W130
RED DUST COUNTRY 11 (113x70)
W225
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.
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
$2,900
W131
TWO SNAKES BRING THE RAINS (74x60)
W233
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.
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
$950
W132
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.
LOREEN SA MSON
W223
$570
W133
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
62
63
LOREEN SA MSON
W216
NGARLUMA COUNTRY
WOGREY DREAMING [FISH DREAMING] (117x86)
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.
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...
$1,100
$3,000
W201
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
W203
W218
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
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
W219
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
W205
LOREEN SA MSON
W138
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
W220
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
W211
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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A LICE GUINNESS
W135
BUNDUT GROUND (30x30)
BUSH TREE (90x90)
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
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...
$200
W195
BUNDUT GROUND (96x79)
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
W196
BUNDUT GROUND (96x74)
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.
$750
cliff samson
W125
$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 ceremonial site also has its own song.
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TELISH A SA MSON
W126
SNAKE CROSSING THE LAND (47x57)
DRY COUNTRY (30x30)
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.
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.
$950
$200
W127
RAINBOW SERPENT IN THE WATER (20x47)
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 ceremonial site also has its own song.
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
W137
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.
wendy warrie
W234
$2,200
W143
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
W238
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.
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$3,200
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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.
ind epend ent s
$1,100
ARTISTS E X HIBITING
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t U ESDAY LOCKYER71
J OANNE NAN G ALA72
KIMBERLEY SLATTERY7 3
J ILL CH U RNSIDE74
MARLON COOKE76
PINE BYRNE7 7
MAY BYRNE7 8
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 ceremonial site also has its own song.
TUESDAY LOCK YER
W108
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JOA NNE N A NG A L A
W110
DESERT BANANA (70x55)
BRABUNGII [WATER PYTHON DREAMING] (120x70)
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.
The python looks after the permanent pools. He keeps
the water ways alive and green.
$1,400
$1,050
KIMBERLE Y SL AT TERY
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W109
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JILL CHURNSIDE
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WATERHOLES (58x83)
SPIRIT GUARDIANS (94x50)
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.
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.
$750
$1,200
W112
WATERHOLES (92x90)
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.
$2,500
w243
BURRUP IN BLOOM (128x90)
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
W114
WATERHOLES (70x53)
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.
$1,100
w244
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
JILL CHURNSIDE
W111
W113
NGARLUMA NGURRA (90x120)
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.
$5,000
W115
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
W241
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BURRUP IN BLOOM (72x51)
$750
w245
BURRUP IN BLOOM (90x90)
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
w249
WATERHOLES
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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M ARLON COOK E
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HUNTING SPEAR
BARJARLEE NYUDA [ANCESTOR COUNTRY]
(93x80)
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
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
PINE BYRNE
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M AY BYRNE
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w257
BUSH MEDICINE (60x55)
$450