Details of Purnululu

Catalog Number : 10232
Size : 120cm x 90cm
Medium : natural earth pigment on canvas
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Piccanniny Gorge in Purnululu (Bungle Bungles). "That's all that sandy hill country with green grasses and the old people used to live there in the old days like a village"
Nowgarlwin is the blackfella name of this place. Nowgarlwin means frog. This place is known as the place where the brown frogs bury themselves in the sand.
Patrick's family group who used to live and work on Texas Downs Station would go on holiday to Purnululu.
"We used to dig for these frogs and cook em up on the coals. It has white meat like the goondarning (fish), it tastes good."