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Living Water: Perspex works from Fitzroy Valley

Past exhibition
10 - 31 May 2018
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tommy May (Ngarralja), Jila and Bila

Tommy May (Ngarralja) Australian, Walmajarri, 1935 -2022

Jila and Bila
acrylic on polycarbonate
60 x 90 cm
837874
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This is the sandhill country, jilji, on and on they go. In between the Jilji, that is called Bila, flat country. The Jilji can be close or further apart. The...
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This is the sandhill country, jilji, on and on they go. In between the Jilji, that is called Bila, flat country. The Jilji can be close or further apart. The land may be burnt, or with the green grass that comes after. There might be flowers, Putipula, sometimes, or trees, different trees and grasses, and bushtucker."
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