An Indigenous Christmas (Stockroom Exhibition)

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

An Indigenous Christmas (Stockroom Exhibition)

Contemporary Indigenous Art from Across Australia

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SANDY BRUMBY of Ninuku Arts. The title is Victory Downs. [NKSB13173] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SANDY BRUMBY of Ninuku Arts. The title is Victory Downs. [NKSB13173] (Acrylic on Linen)
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SANDY BRUMBY

Victory Downs
NKSB13173
Acrylic on Linen
 Victory Downs | NKSB13173
Acrylic on Linen
 56 x 61cm | 22.05 x 24.02in
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This is a story about my father’s country, Victory Downs, near Amata community. Lots of women were at this site collecting kampurapa (bush tomatoes). A man came along and asked the women for the mai (food) but the women didn’t give him any. So the man had no mai. After the man left, the women fed all the mai to the tjitji (children) until they were full. The man came back again and the group travelled together to Pangkupiri, which is near Tjukurla and close to the country where Sandy Brumby’s mother was born.

This is a story about my father’s country, Victory Downs, near Amata community. Lots of women were at this site collecting kampurapa (bush tomatoes). A man came along and asked the women for the mai (food) but the women didn’t give him any. So the man had no mai. After the man left, the women fed all the mai to the tjitji (children) until they were full. The man came back again and the group travelled together to Pangkupiri, which is near Tjukurla and close to the country where Sandy...