Ngamu & Kilyingem : Old & New: Artworks from Gija Women
Past exhibition
Mabel Juli Australian, Gija, b. c. 1933
Jigerrel Yaranggan Ngarranggarnin, 2019
pigment on canvas
80 x 90 cm
WAC330/19
Berrewam jigerre-woorrarrem. This is about all the kingfishers (when they were young men in dreamtime). Boorooj berrani goorloon yilag, nyirrega berrani. They were playing down in the water, they were...
Berrewam jigerre-woorrarrem.
This is about all the kingfishers (when they were young men in dreamtime).
Boorooj berrani goorloon yilag, nyirrega berrani.
They were playing down in the water, they were bathing.
Ngararag woomberramande jilany, ngarrgarle-jaya ngarranggarnin, boorooj-garri woomberramande.
They were making hills with the sand in dreamtime when they were playing (like making sand castles).
Nyirrega woomberramande rebej goorramangbende dany jilany, jad-jad goorrayangbende ngarrgarle-jaya.
They were swimming and scooping handfuls of sand and setting it upright like hills.
Ngoorrinya na Yaranggan yilag.
That place there down from Chinamans Garden.
Ngarag ninemangge.
I made (painted) this.
This is about all the kingfishers (when they were young men in dreamtime).
Boorooj berrani goorloon yilag, nyirrega berrani.
They were playing down in the water, they were bathing.
Ngararag woomberramande jilany, ngarrgarle-jaya ngarranggarnin, boorooj-garri woomberramande.
They were making hills with the sand in dreamtime when they were playing (like making sand castles).
Nyirrega woomberramande rebej goorramangbende dany jilany, jad-jad goorrayangbende ngarrgarle-jaya.
They were swimming and scooping handfuls of sand and setting it upright like hills.
Ngoorrinya na Yaranggan yilag.
That place there down from Chinamans Garden.
Ngarag ninemangge.
I made (painted) this.