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'Purrungu' by Jackie Giles, 2008
Purrungu, a rock hole, is home to a giant jila (snake). The lines on this painting represent the path of the snake trave...
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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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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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'Warla' by Billy Thomas, 2008
'Warla' are the salt lakes like Lake Disappointment and the Percival Lakes that the Canning Stock Route intersected. The...
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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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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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Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of the Kungkarangkai...
The Seven Sisters Songline travels from the west to the east across the far western and central deserts. The sisters are...
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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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'Kumpupirntily' by Jakayu Biljabu and Dadda Samson, 2007
This painting, a collaboration between Jakayu Biljabu and Dadda Samson, tells part of the story of the journey of the Ng...
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Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)
Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
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'Native Cat and Goanna 1', Juanella McKenzie, 2008
This painting by Juanella McKenzie explores the story of Vardna (goanna) and Idnya (native cat or spotted quoll) which i...
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'Tika Tika' by Nola Campbell, 2008
The Tika Tika rock holes were made by Ngirntaka, the perentie goanna. Ngirntaka stopped here for one night during the Ju...
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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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'Pangkapini, Minyipuru' by Mulyatingki Marney, 2007
"These are all the rockholes and soaks that lie on the western, northern and eastern sides of Karlamilyi. All the rockho...
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Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)
Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
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