“This one jilji warnti (sandhills) karra (east) from Japingka. We walked around hunting here for kirlka (sand goanna)” said Walka Molly Rogers.
Purchased from Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing in 2001, Walka Molly Rogers, (Circa 1929 – 2006), a Walmajarri speaker, stated to Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia: “My country is Japirnka, I was born and grew up there. My brother Kurrapa, Peter Skipper was born there too. My name Walka comes from this place. I was born right there in the middle of that jila (waterhole). I am the oldest of my family left now. I walked all around this country with my grandmother until I found my promised husband. I had my first child Amy before I came out from the desert”.