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TRAVELLING TO NGURA: SAMUEL MILLER, CASSARIA YOUNG HOGAN, MARGARET DONEGAN & YAMANGARA THOMAS MURRAY

Past exhibition
7 June - 4 July 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Margaret Donegan, Wati Kutjara Wanampi, 2024

Margaret Donegan Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1971

Wati Kutjara Wanampi, 2024
acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 cm
24-056
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Margaret is painting her father, the late Mr. Donegan's tjukurpa (Dreaming story) from an important site known as Pukara, south-west of Irrunytju (Wingellina community) in Western Australia. It is a...
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Margaret is painting her father, the late Mr. Donegan's tjukurpa (Dreaming story) from an important site known as Pukara, south-west of Irrunytju (Wingellina community) in Western Australia. It is a story of Wati Kutjara Wanampi (two male water serpents) - a father and son - who are living at a waterhole. According to the story, Anangu juta (lots of people went to that rockhole for the kapi (water), which is said to taste sweet. This upset the father and he told them to go back to their own country. Once the people left, the father and son travelled to Willuna, where they camped for weeks. They then return to Pukara. One day they were sleeping, but were awoken by a loud buzzing sound. The Minyma Punpunpa (the female flies) had been attracted to the honey grevillea plants found near the waterhole. It prompted the father and son to get up and go to collect the honey from the plants. It is there that the Wati Mututa (male black ants) appeared. They speared the son in his side. When the son started vomiting, he produced the seeds of all the different varieties of honey grevillea plants that are still found there today. They include kaliny-kalinypa, ultukunpa, piruwa and witjinti.
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