All the Jila, 2006 by Caroline Nuidoo, 90x90cm Cat 13020CN

"All the Jila, 2006" is by Caroline Nuido, a senior law women with great knowledge and memories of her traditional country, depicts various sites of Jila (living water) all along the Canning Stock Route which the artist travelled from place to place as a young girl with her parents.

In the 1960's, there was a severe drought and many people left the western desert in search of water including a group of Yulparija women and men who walked out from the country around Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. They ended up in saltwater country at Bidyadanga, two hours south of Broome, the traditional country of the Karrajarri who have since given their permission for them to stay.

The vivid colours of the coast have infiltrated the desert iconography making for powerful and rich narratives of country.

Provenance is Short St Gallery, Broome #11353

Roll 397 - The Art of the west (was roll 240)