Details of Hills of Warmun

Catalog Number : 26472
Size : 120cm x 45cm
Medium : Natural ochre and pigments on canvas
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A creek flows down from the hills of Warmun and joins Turkey Creek, which flows through Warmun Community.
In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) the eagle told the Crow (his wife) to cook some kangaroo for him to eat. She was lazy and so she fell asleep instead.
When she woke up the crow wanted to eat the meat that the eagle had cooked. The eagle burned up white rock (manjal - white quartz) until it became a red hot spearhead and he stabbed the crow in the eye.
That is why some crows have a white eye. This is the Ngarrangkarni story for WArmun Community.
White rock can be seen on the hills - it is the kangaroos fat and the eagles spearhead from the Ngarrangkarni.