Walimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Walimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Alternative Spelling: Warlimpirr, Wallmpirrn Born: c1958 State: WA Region: Western Desert, Gibson Desert Community: Kintore, Kiwirrkura Art centre: Warlayirti Artists; Papunya Tula Language: Pintupi Social Affiliation: Tjapaltjarri subsection Subjects: Tingari, Mulpu...

Bew-Bew the Giant of the Dreamtime

Bew-Bew the Giant of the Dreamtime lived in a mud and stick home adjacent to the mudflats of north Goulburn Island. He had built his house in the shape of a cone, with no doors or windows, but a hole at the top. Entry was by a bush rope ladder. When he lit a fire on...

Milky Way Dreaming

The Jakamarra ancestors of the Warlpiri tribe have lived since the beginning of time at a place called Yirlkirdi in the western desert of Central Australia. Early in this century, however, their vast lands were leased to a pastoralist and renamed Mt. Singleton. Cast...

Namarrkon : The Lightning Spirit

Images of Lightning Spirits can be found throughout Arnhem Land in caves and on rock surfaces. Some of these are sacred but can be viewed by outsiders, while others are both sacred and secret and cannot be seen by the uninitiated. The sacred site of Namarrkon, the...

Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent

Aboriginal people believe that Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent, created many sacred sites in Arnhem Land, including a large billabong near the artist’s camp high up in the Stone Country between Oenpelli and Maningrida, where he is supposed to rest in the dry...