Warlu country is Juli;s father's country. This area is now known as Springvale Station and is located southwest of Warmun Community/ This country is known for it's hilly terrain and...
Warlu country is Juli;s father's country. This area is now known as Springvale Station and is located southwest of Warmun Community/ This country is known for it's hilly terrain and its abundance of waterholes and natural springs. the image Juli has painted represnts one of the key Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories for this region. this story was told to Juli when she was a young girl. It explains a particular rock formation found in ne valley in warlu. In the Ngarrangkarni, Gelingkenayin the rainbow was a man. He was travelling through Warlu country hunting for kangaroo with is marranyji (dingo). his dog was good and loyal. Each time he would send out his dog his dog would track and kill jiyirriny (kangaroo) and come back to his master and lead him to the kangaroo carcass. Gelingkenayin cam to a deep valley with steep hills on either side. He sent of Maranyjin and the dog ran up one side of the hill and was gone a long time. Gelingkenayin called out to his dof, but there was no answer. He walked up one side of the ill and called and called but no response. He walked down the hill back to the valley and called for his dog again, still no response. He walked to the top of the opposite hill and still nothing. Dejected and upset Gelingkenayin walked back down the valley and sat quietly. It started to get dark. As daylight slipped away from the vallery Gelingkenayin haerd a deep growl from behind him. Gelingkenayinturned his head to where the noise came from and turned to stone. You can still see Gelingkenayin in that valley today. The rocky hill in the middle of the Warlu Valley is in the shape of Gelingkenayin profile.