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 Aboriginal
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Aboriginal paintings are a rich and varied art
form. This online gallery offers a fine selection
of Australian Aboriginal paintings by artists from
communities in the Kimberley, Central and Western
Desert and Top End (including Arnhem Land) regions
of Australia.
The variety of painting styles in the regions
is described in our Regions
and communities section.
Paintings are arranged by regions - click on
the link to see paintings from a particular region.
If you want to read a short biography of the one
of the artists, go to the Art
and Artists section of our Website.
The prices below are in Australian dollars and
do not include packing, delivery and insurance
- use the "Enquire" button to confirm availability
of a painting and the cost of delivery. To check
the equivalent price in other currencies, use
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Kevin Waina |
| Title: |
Whallarwhroo |
| Price: |
$1595.00 in Australia
$1450.00 for Export. |
| PA773, 2001 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 80 x 100 cm |
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The artist paints using hand ground ochres collected from the Kimberley region. His work reflects the Aboriginal rock art sites of the Kimberley region. He remembers his father taking him to many such rock art sites and he still visits them occasionally with his children. |
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| Delivery charge for this item: |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Rosie Mulligan |
| Title: |
Kakuru |
| Price: |
$440.00 in Australia
$400.00 for Export. |
| PA777, 2008 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 70 x 45 cm |
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Kakuru is the Walmajarri word for freshwater mussels. Kakuru were an important food source when people lived a traditional lifestyle and were dug from the sand in waterways near Lake Gregory in the Great Sandy Desert. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Nellie Gordon |
| Title: |
Parnany Rijikarrinyu - Old Women Ceremony |
| Price: |
$1870.00 in Australia
$1700.00 for Export. |
| PA778, 2011 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 90 x 120 cm |
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This work is one of a series that Nellie painted to record and remember the role of women in traditional ceremony. The semi-circular shapes in the work represent the breasts of women painted for ceremony. The larger shapes are those breast of older women - Parnany and the smaller shapes those of young girls - Wamala. The women used white or yellow ochre as paint and each group of women used a particular design. This design was consistent throughout the group and was like a signature indicating the country you belong to and the dreaming of that country. |
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| Delivery charge for this item: |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Rosie Mulligan |
| Title: |
Living Water |
| Price: |
$605.00 in Australia
$550.00 for Export. |
| PA779, 2008 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 80 x 60 cm |
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Rosie was born at Yungngora (Noonkanbah) and grew up on the banks of the Noonkanbah River. The pattern in this work represents waterholes near the Noonkanbar River. These are permanent water (“living water”) and come bubbling up from the ground. This water is also quite hot. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Nellie Gordon |
| Title: |
Kakuru |
| Price: |
$770.00 in Australia
$700.00 for Export. |
| PA780, 2010 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 60 x 80 cm |
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Kakaru is the Walmajarri word for freshwater mussels. They were an important food source when people lived a traditional lifestyle and were dug from the sand in waterways near the Great Sandy Desert. They are still enjoyed today. This work shows the tracks and tunnels of the buried mussel. “You gotta feel ‘im like that you know. You can get ‘im all a time - dry time ‘e hide langa mud. Can boil ‘im in billycan... cook ‘im in bark... put ‘im la fire, cover ‘im up”. |
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| Delivery charge for this item: |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Lloyd Kwila |
| Title: |
Jumuwarnti - Many Waterholes |
| Price: |
$1650.00 in Australia
$1500.00 for Export. |
| PA782, 2010 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 100 x 80 cm |
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In the desert regions of Australia water and waterholes have played an important role in the evolution of indigenous peoples lifestyle, these waterholes were created in the dreamtime Jumangkarni and are all connected by subterranean tunnels. For the Wangkatjunga and Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert knowledge of these waterholes was crucial to survival while living a traditional lifestyle. As a boy Lloyd walked much of the desert with his father Billy Thomas (Karntakarnta) and knows the importance of these waterholes and understands their connections well. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Jimmy McKenzie |
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Purnululu |
| Price: |
$1485.00 in Australia
$1350.00 for Export. |
| PA784, 2011 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 100 x 80 cm |
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This work depicts the beehive-shaped hills of the Bungle Bungle massif on Texas Downs Station in the East Kimberley. Jimmy was born near here and spent all of his early life growing up and working the stock camps with his mother Queenie Mc Kenzie on this country. Purnululu has become a significant tourist attraction and many thousands of visitors arrive each dry season to fly over, camp and walk the creeks and ravines of the Bungle Bungle Range. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Jane Gimme |
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Kinyu |
| Price: |
$1700.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA105, 2015 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 150 x 75 cm |
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Jane has depicted Kinyu, her mother’s country located in the Great Sandy Desert, south west of Balgo. This country is very important: it attracts people and animals from the surrounding tali (sand hills) because it is full of mangarri (food). Small family groups have been travelling in this country for a long time. They go from one spot to another, hunting in the day and sleeping around the different rock holes (circular shapes) during the night. |
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| Delivery charge for this item: |
| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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