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MADIGAN THOMAS (dec)
Walimalil – Flying FoxWAC 058/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
Walimalil – Flying Fox | WAC 058/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canva…
45 x 70cm | 17.72 x 27.56in
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’This one, this the water I think this one. This way they bin go, follow that track langa that one man. Might be Dhamanykany. They bin looking for him Dhamanykany but he bin get drowned here la this water. This one water, Ngarrangkarni [Dreaming]. He bin go kill ’im bat crocodile and turtle and water bin rising up see? That nawanji [cave] under that water you know? That one now, little bit sticking out. And then people bin looking bala this side, all around till they bin find garlumbuny [spear] here, garlumbuny and woomera.’ ’This stone bin stickin’ out, now. Water bin getting shallow.’
In the Ngarrangkarni ( Dreaming) a man was hunting crocodile and turtle in this waterhole. His family came looking for him here and found his spear and woomera abandoned on the ground. The man had drowned in the waterhole. There is a cave under the water in this waterhole. The water has since receded and a stone can be seen that used to be submerged. It is the dark shape in the bottom left hand corner.
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