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'Lampu, Kurninarra, Kartalapuru, Kujuwarri' by Kuji Rosie Go...
These waters lie at the northern end of the stock route: Kujuwarri is Well 46; Kartalapuru is Well 47; Kurninarra lies b...
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'Punmu' by Mary Meribida, 2008
"This is Punmu Country near well 33, [west] of the Canning Stock Route. He got a well, this Country, for cattle. This is...
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'Wayampajarti' by Wakartu Cory Surprise, 2007
"The snake that belongs to this jila [spring] cries for the people to come back to their Country. When people go back to...
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Burl used to hold ochre
The wooden bowl, also known as a "burl", was used to hold ochre by artists to apply to possum skins produced for a proje...
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'Nyilnigil' by Nyangkarni Penny K-Lyons, 2007
This painting depicts Nyilnigil, a big water in Nyangkarni's Country, which is surrounded by white (eucalpyt) trees call...
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Cartoon titled 'Dues Paid', by Ian R. Sharpe, 2008
This cartoon of Julia Gillard appeared in The Canberra Times on 20 July 2008. She became the first woman to hold the po...
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'Witji Rock Holes' by Jane Gimme, 2007
These are the Witji rockholes belonging to Kinyu and her puppies, which are interconnected by underground tunnels. In th...
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'Kunawarratji' by Nora Wompi, 2007
"This is a rock hole that was made in the Jukurrpa. These Kanaputa [ancestral beings] are the stars in the sky. The Seve...
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Kanyilpa (wooden container), painted by Shorty Lungkarta Tju...
This wooden dish is called Kanyilpa and is used for separating the seed from the chaff in the preparation of damper made...
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'Blood on the Ground, Wells 33-41' by Clifford Brooks, 2007
This painting depicts part of the story of the artists father Tjuntimunya (Charlie Brooks) looking for his brother, Rove...
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'Tapu' by Wakartu Cory Surprise, 2007
To the west of the Canning Stock Route lies Tapu, the Country of Wakartu's father and the subject of this painting. Waka...
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'Marapinti' by Josephine Nangala, 2008
Marapinti is a rock hole west of Kiwirrkurra, and the easternmost point on the Seven Sisters' journey across Martu Count...
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'Kumpupirntily' by Yanjimi Peter Rowlands, 2008
Kumpupirntily is a vast dry salt lake that dominates the country east of the Canning Stock Route, from wells 18 to 21. E...
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'JuntuJuntu: Minyipuru and Kurrkurr' by Nancy Chapman, 2007
Several stories intersect this painting, though it is focussed on the Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) Jukurrpa. On their journ...
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'Mungily' by Veronica Lulu, 2007
"This one bush tucker. Walmajarri people were living on this bush tucker. The old people used to collect them and dry in...
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'Sunday Well' by Dadda Samson, 2008
This is a painting of Sunday Well, the original name of which was Pulypuly. It is on the road east towards the Calvert ...
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Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0321 reads: "Coolabah/for/food water or honey/Orara River/1898". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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