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'Kaninjaku' by Kumpaya Girgaba, 2008
Kumpaya calls this painting 'Kaninjaku' (Canning Stock Route), but the road is invisible and the canvas is dominated ins...
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'Martilirri, Kalpaa and Kartaru' by Ngamaru Bidu, 2008
The artist has outlined the content of this painting in some detail: "This is a well called Martalirri (well 22). And a...
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'Kunkun' by Nora Nangapa, Nora Wompi, Bugai Whylouter, Kumpa...
Sisters Muni, Rosie and Dulcie grew up in the Country they have depicted in this painting. This painting shows the water...
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'Tapu Country' by Jukuna Mona Chuguna, 2008
"This is a jila and billabong in Tapu country. There is a true story to this painting about two old men that got burnt b...
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Yakapiri (bark sandals)
Worn as protection against desert sands, scorched to un-walkable temperatures by the summer sun, yakapiri (woven bark sa...
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Wooden container from Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0318 reads: "Pitchie/Charlotte Waters/1891/Central Aus". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was bo...
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Fibre basket by Rosie Williams, 2008
"Before I started painting, I learnt to make baskets from an old lady ? Jakayu's [Biljabu] sister-in-law [Yupinya Eubena...
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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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Wooden container
WD 65 - A2 was used by Janindu in one of Ian Dunlop's "Peoples of the Australian Western Desert".
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Coconut container
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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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'Purlpa' by Dadda Samson, 2007
"That's Purlpa, on the eastern side of Puntawari. My mother was staying there. She told a lot of stories about that plac...
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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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'Minyipuru' by Nora Nangapa, 2008
"The man who was chasing the Seven Sisters saw them dancing at Nyipil [Well 34], then they went back, flying to Kunawarr...
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Fibre basket by Rosie Williams, 2008
"Before I started painting, I learnt to make baskets from an old lady ? Jakayu's [Biljabu] sister-in-law [Yupinya Eubena...
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Tunga made by Kenny Brown, 2013
The maker said he would usually seal the sides with wax but, as he had none available at the time, he used a white clay ...
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'Minyipuru Claypan' by Bugai Whyoulter, 2007
This painting represents the Country where Bugai grew up. It shows some of the places where the Minyipuru (Seven Sisters...
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'Lake Disappointment' 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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'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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Piti, or wooden bowl
A wooden bowl or piti made from a river red gum. It features a curved pattern synonymous with central desert crafts and ...
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