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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Nancy Carnegie, Tjakura, 2022

Nancy Carnegie

Tjakura, 2022
acrylic on canvas
101 x 76 cm
364-22
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Tjakura rockhole is in the tali (sandhill) country on the east side of Patjarr. It is a deep rockhole with cool water, not too far away. This is the home...
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Tjakura rockhole is in the tali (sandhill) country on the east side of Patjarr. It is a deep rockhole with cool water, not too far away. This is the home to Tjakura, the great desert skink, a short yellow edible lizard.Lunkarta (Blue Toung lizard) and Tjakura (great desert skink) had a big fight there and killed each other. They are buried there under the sand. Other rockholes associated with the Tjakura Tjukuurpa are Kutuntjarra, Pulpapulpatjar, Mirtu, Malpurritti, Ngari, Nyuntul and Pukarlu.

Tjukurrpa - Physical feature or part of the countryside associated with a dreamtime story; Character from a dreamtime story.
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