Date of Birth:09.11.76 Language:Walmajarri Country:Great Sandy Desert Walmajarri man Murungkurr Terry Murray lived on Cherrabun Station in a tin shelter when he was a child.
His family had no vehicle so they went hunting on foot.
Murungkurr has a strong grounding in bush skills, which he learnt from his parents. He paints his jaja [grandfather] and japi’s [grandmother’s] country, Wirnpa and Japingka in the southwestern side of the Great Sandy Desert.
This area is known as jila [permanent waterhole] country.
His mother and brothers lived around there when they were kids. Murungkurr has strong family connections to a significant group of Mangkaja Arts artists and knows his law and family relationships through his skin group.
He explains, “Our culture is an everyday learning thing.
I grew up with this.
You have to have a strong mind and strong spirit and soul and always listen to your eldersâ€..
Date of Birth:09.11.76 Language:Walmajarri Country:Great Sandy Desert Walmajarri man Murungkurr Terry Murray lived on Cherrabun Station in a tin shelter when he was a child.
His family had no vehicle so they went hunting on foot.
Murungkurr has a strong grounding in bush skills, which he learnt from his parents. He paints his jaja [grandfather] and japi’s [grandmother’s] country, Wirnpa and Japingka in the southwestern side of the Great Sandy Desert.
This area is known as jila [permanent waterhole] country.
His mother and brothers lived around there when they were kids. Murungkurr has strong family connections to a significant group of Mangkaja Arts artists and knows his law and family relationships through his skin group.
He explains, “Our culture is an everyday learning thing.
I grew up with this.
You have to have a strong mind and strong spirit and soul and always listen to your eldersâ€..