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Nawrlkarlwin - Purnululu
Nawrlkarlwin - Purnululu
Nawrlkarlwin - Purnululu
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Artist Name
Patrick Mung Mung
Artwork Name
Nawrlkarlwin - Purnululu, 2005
Medium
Natural earth pigment with synthetic binder on linen
Dimensions
39.37 x 55.12 inches
100 × 140cm
Inventory ID
INV-MUNP-0001

Provenance

Warmun Art, Western Australia, cat. no. WAC 535/05
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
The Estate of Grant Smith, Melbourne

Exhibited

Reverence, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne, 28 October – 3 December 2022

Literature

Reverence 2022, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 82

Description

Piccanniny Gorge (Nawlkarlwin) in Purnululu (Bungle Bungles). "That's all that sandy hill country with green grasses. The old people used to live there in the early days like a village. Nowgarlwin is the black fella name of this place. Nowgarlin is the frog." This place is known for the place where the brown frogs bury themselves in the sand. The mob who lived and worked on Texas Downs Station would go on holiday to Purnululu (Bungle Bungles). They would dig for these frogs and cook them up on the coals. The frog was white, tasty meat like the goondarrning (fish).

Patrick Mung Mug says that many of the old people used to live in this place in the early days. They hid from the gardiya (whitefella) and had a good life until two local men were tricked into showing the gardiya the secret track into the gorge. The old people were chained together and bought back to Turkey Creek. "I don't know why they did that to them old people - they had a good life out there."

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