MICK JAWALJI / Gurlungen

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MICK JAWALJI of Warmun Artists. The title is Gurlungen. [WAC510/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood)

Gurlungen
WAC510/08 (2008)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood
Gurlungen | WAC510/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywo…
80 x 60cm | 31.5 x 23.62in

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Gurlungen is a place west of Melrod Yard, on the country west of Lansdowne Station.

Gurlungen is also part of Mick Jawalji’s country. There is a waterhole and a big gorge at Gurlungen, which was a camping place for old people.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MICK JAWALJI of Warmun Artists. The title is Dabanjuwa. [WAC769/04] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood)

Dabanjuwa
WAC769/04 (2004)
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywood
Dabanjuwa | WAC769/04
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Plywo…
80 x 60cm | 31.5 x 23.62in

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In Bronco Valley, west of Ban.gurr, Baulk Face Range and in Mick Jawalji’s part of Gija country, there is a place called Dabanjuwa. There is a creek that flows from the top of Ban.gurr Range down to Dabanjuwa.

In the Dreamtime, a man passed through Dabanjuwa and left his fat there and is a now a kangaroo. You can still see the fat, seen as a shiny stone today.