Stock Room Show - 2011

A Collection of Contemporary Modern Aboriginal Art

Stock Room Show - 2011

A Collection of Contemporary Modern Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NORMA GILES of Kayili Artists. The title is Walartu. [06-158] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NORMA GILES of Kayili Artists. The title is Walartu. [06-158] (Acrylic on Linen)
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NORMA GILES

Walartu
06-158
Acrylic on Linen
 Walartu | 06-158
Acrylic on Linen
 50.8 x 50.8cm | 20 x 20in
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Walartu is a little lake, South of Patjarr area. People camp out there to go hunting for rabbits and ngirntaka (perentie) on holidays. There are lots of camels roaming around that sandhill (tali) country. There is too much sandhill there, making it hard to walk around.

The name of the rockhole in the lake is Wirrwil, but it has salty water. In the early days when people drank the water, they got an upset stomach.