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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kira Djorlom, Namarnkol (Barramundi), 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kira Djorlom, Namarnkol (Barramundi), 2022

Kira Djorlom

Namarnkol (Barramundi), 2022
pandanus fibre and natural dyes
172 x 42 cm
2547-22
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Kira Djorlom, Namarnkol (Barramundi), 2022
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Kira Djorlom, Namarnkol (Barramundi), 2022
Namarnkol, the barramundi, is a very important fish for us Bininj (Aboriginal people). Namarnkol are found in the ocean, in floodwaters, and in freshwater billabongs, rivers and creeks. In the...
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Namarnkol, the barramundi, is a very important fish for us Bininj (Aboriginal people). Namarnkol are found in the ocean, in floodwaters, and in freshwater billabongs, rivers and creeks. In the old days, people used to spear them with djalakirradj (three-pronged fish spears) and walabi (traditional triangular nets). Nowadays, we catch them with fishing lines and modern nets. Namarnkol are most easily caught from the end of the monsoon (March -April) until the humid "build up" season (October November). There are sites in lots of clan countries where the ancestral Barramundi placed itself as a Dreaming. Men and women will say "My Dreaming is Barramundi, it placed itself in my country.”

Naw Namarnkol dienj nakka wanjh nadjalkuken dienj ngadberre naw ngarrikukburlerri dia birrikukbele. Namarnkol kare kore kurrula yika kabirriyime kore mibokala da kukku kubowinjku kore mankabo manlabbarl manwanjdjad. Bu korroko birridanjbuni djalakkiradj dja walabi birrimangi. Dja bolkkime wanjh wakkidj karrimang dia balandakenh naw walabi. Namarkol dang kadjangdi kore kubolkwarlah kunred bedberre kore namarnkol djangkurrmerrinj bu korroko duninjh. Wanjh naw bininj dja daluk kayime ngaye djang ngarduk namarnkol djangkurrmerrinj kore kunred ngarduk.
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