Two Brothers: Mr Wagin & Whiskey
Past exhibition
Whiskey Tjukangku
Arrernte Country
acrylic on canvas
101 x 61 cm
788776
Whiskey has painted Arrernte Country. As a young man Whiskey worked across the Central Desert region as a ' Cowboy ' - mustering cattle and breaking in horses for station...
Whiskey has painted Arrernte Country. As a young man Whiskey worked across the Central Desert region as a ' Cowboy ' - mustering cattle and breaking in horses for station owners. After working a while up in that country he became homesick and so came back to his ngura (country) on the APY Lands in South Australia. whiskey says this is not a Tjukurpa (dreaming) storyin this painting, just him remembering that place where he used to work. He remembers that there was lots of good tucker around that country and men and women would go hunting for rabbits and other bush meats.
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