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SHIRLEY PURDIE
Kangaroo Tail DreamingWAC 344/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
Kangaroo Tail Dreaming | WAC 344/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canva…
50 x 150cm | 19.69 x 59.06in
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Shirley Purdie has painted three stories. On the right is country that lies just west of Warmun; the site of a war between Aboriginal people, it is also the site of the Kangaroo Tail Dreaming.
In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) there were two kangaroos – the big rock kangaroo and the white-chested kangaroo. The rock kangaroo went to a place called Jack Yard and the white-chested kangaroo went to Karlungkutji, and turned into stone.
The painting shows the kangaroo stone at Karlungkutji. In the early days people used to rub the stone, and set up a trap for the white-chested kangaroos that would always come by.
Shirley Purdie has painted three stories. On the right is country that lies just west of Warmun; the site of a war between Aboriginal people, it is also the site of the Kangaroo Tail Dreaming.
In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) there were two kangaroos – the big rock kangaroo and the white-chested kangaroo. The rock kangaroo went to a place called Jack Yard and the white-chested kangaroo went to Karlungkutji, and turned into stone.
The painting shows the kangaroo stone at Karlungkutji.... Read More
In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) there were two kangaroos – the big rock kangaroo and the white-chested kangaroo. The rock kangaroo went to a place called Jack Yard and the white-chested kangaroo went to Karlungkutji, and turned into stone.
The painting shows the kangaroo stone at Karlungkutji.... Read More