This is a collaborative canvas between Emma Singer, her mother Pauline Wangin, Pauline’s sister Betty Campbell and her cousin Umatji Tjapalyi.

Pauline says about the work:

“We’ve painted this big canvas together as a family. This canvas is about kapi tjukula and soakages around Kinara Mimi, Mimili. Our families would move between rockholes, they’d know them all. They would always be looking for clear drinking water. They lived around Antara and many other named places between Kinara Mimi, Antara, Artutja, Paralpi, Blue Hill and Iwantja. All those places are connected, and they used to walk far distances every day. We remember the paths by the songlines that still run through those places. They’d sing the songs, dig for water, and know where to travel. The water was underground, and they’d dig until it seeped upwards. They’d always know. I remember going to Iwantja Soakage with our mother and her showing us how it’s done. We remember this from when we were young, and we want to keep sharing this story for our children and grandchildren. It’s important to
remember what we’ve always known.” – Pauline Wangin, 2023

All four women live and work in Mimili Community. Mimili is home to 300 Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people who have been living in the area for millennia in harmony with nature and acting as custodians of the land and the Tjukurpa (creation stories). Mimili was formerly known as Everard Park, which was a cattle station that was returned to Aboriginal ownership through the 1981 APY Lands Act. Mimili Community was incorporated as an Aboriginal Community in 1975.