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Mostly known for her dyeing, plaiting and weaving of natural fibres into baskets in far north Arnhem Land, Alma Abbakoyok’s Yawk Yawk image on bark here shows the diversity of her artistic skills.

Rosie Tasman, skin name Napurrurla, was born in the mid to late 1920s, and grew up walking the traditional songlines of the Tanami Desert. Crossing the desert, following the seasonal availability of food and water, Napurrurla travelled the vast lands…

Lucy was a respected senior custodian with a vast knowledge of the waterholes in the Great Sandy Desert.  She began painting in 1989, her early works followed standard Balgo methods of forming lines by means of rows of dotting and…

Alma Webou is Yulparitja, a desert woman who moved to the saltwater country when she came out of the desert in the late 60’s. She paints her desert country with a saltwater palette as seen in this beautiful, bold painting…

The Warlayirti Artists certificate associated with this painting and signed by author James Cowan, the then Manager, states that ‘This is Susie’s country and she lived in this part of the desert as a young girl with her family and…

Beryl was born in an outstation called Yumurrpa, West of Yuendumu, near the Chilla Well. She walked to Lajamanu and found her husband here. There were no houses here when she arrived in Lajamanu. She had three daughters.  Source: Warnayaka…

Roy Wiggan is from the Bardi group in Western Australia. Ilma is a term that refers to open ceremonies performed by the Bardi people and the objects used in these ceremonies. The Bardi’s country is situated north of Broome on…

The Warlayirti Artists certificate for this painting reads (sic) “This painting Nellie depicts some of her grandmothers country Yagga Yagga located south of Balgo. The circle represents a rock-hole where water can b found and the lines represent the creeks…

John Mandjuwi Guruwiwi’s language groups are Galpu & Dhangu. His homeland is Gika – adjacent to Matamata which is set on a mangrove beach facing North across the Nalawarung Straits in far North North-Eastern Arnhem Land. His Skin Group is…