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We Belong To This Country, We Look After This Country: ARTWORKS FROM ALICE SPRINGS TOWN CAMPS

Past exhibition
26 February - 25 March 2021
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Betty Conway, Illari Spring, Tempe Downs, 2019

Betty Conway Australian, Pintupi / Luritja, b. 1952

Illari Spring, Tempe Downs, 2019
acrylic on linen
61 x 91 cm
841243
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Every time we go out for the day, the women go for walk to look for goanna while the rest of the families wait back at the camp making fire...
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Every time we go out for the day, the women go for walk to look for goanna while the rest of the families wait back at the camp making fire ready to cook it. The crows hang around waiting for the scraps from the goanna.
There is a creek that flows from Areyonga to Illari Spring. When it has water horses come to drink - there are bullocks and camels - too many - all drinking from the creek. This is my country - Tempe Downs.
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