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Manparra : Big Boss Man: Seminal men's work from Gija country

Past exhibition
24 September - 2 November 2019
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tommy Carroll, Nuguwarrding (Snake Dreaming), 2019

Tommy Carroll Australian, Gija, b. 1955

Nuguwarrding (Snake Dreaming), 2019
Natural ochre & pigments on canvas
180 x 95 cm
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This painting tells a story about Nuguwarrding, that rainbow serpent, who travelled and lived around this area now called Doon Doon. Tommy says, 'He went up to my grandfather's country...
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This painting tells a story about Nuguwarrding, that rainbow serpent, who travelled and lived around this area now called Doon Doon. Tommy says, "He went up to my grandfather's country at the back of Speewah where there are gorges and rock holes."
The solid circles represent the water holes in this area and the fluid lines are the hills around Doon Doon.
Tommy continues, "the story of this place was told to me when I was a young fella by my grandfather and his father. This snake was a father for this country, he traveled all over, sometimes he would stay for a few days then he would leave and pass through the next water place and stayed a bit longer."
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