Pirlinyanu, 2004
Artist: Julie Nangala Robinson
Region: Central Desert
Medium/Type: Painting
Size:
61 x 198 cm
(Artwork can be rotated)
Catalogue Number: 8872JR
Status: Vatu Sanctuary 3
Julie depicts her Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), which is associated with her father’s traditional country of Pirlinyanu, a rocky outcrop in the Tanami Desert, west of Yuendumu and towards the WA border.
This rocky country with its significant waterholes and plentiful bush tucker is one of many significant locations for the Water Dreaming because if you know which rocks to move you always have access to fresh water in the deep natural occurring wells of Pirlinyanu. Without this knowledge one could imagine there was no water in this desert landscape.
Julie Nangala Robinson
Region: Yuendumu, NT
Julie is the traditional custodian of her country Pirlinyanu, a land of rocky outcrops and deep water springs. It is a water dreaming site (Ngapa Jukurrpa) near Mina Mina.