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The project was partly based upon earlier such workshops, including 'Ŋarra' (me) from 2011, which had an emphasis upon digital rendering of self-portraits taken by the artists which evoked their personal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715850342698,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Lawawa_Mununggurr__Young_Power__2946-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598218"},{"product_id":"garrpathi-marawili-djununggayangu-8676-24","title":"Garrpathi Marawili | Djunuŋgayaŋu 8676-24","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I am a Yirritja man from the Maḏarrpa clan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gurtha (fire) design of the Maḏarrpa clan can be seen in the Djunuŋgayaŋu (Dugong).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis woodblock and linocut print is based on a place called Yathikpa. It is a good place for hunting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is a lot of Djunuŋgayaŋu there that hang around and feed on Gamaṯa (sea grass).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWavy ribbons of Gamaṯa sway in the sunlit water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story of this print is based on speculation of this oral tradition of an ancient tsunami:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn seeing Djunuŋgayaŋu, ancestral hunters would take their hunting harpoon and canoe out to the sea of Yathikpa in pursuit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe hunters were lured too close to a dangerous rock by the dugong seeking shelter and accidentally struck the rock with their harpoon causing a large fire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gamaṯa is a manifestation of flames on the sea bed. The fire at this sacred site boiled the water, capsizing the canoe, creating an ancestral tide.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715901722922,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Garrpathi_Marawili__Djununggayangu__8676-24_CROP.jpg?v=1760598248"},{"product_id":"dhukumul-wanambi-guḏultja-4533-25","title":"Dhukumul Wanambi | Guḏultja 4533-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is saltwater at Gurka'wuy, the Marrakula Clan's sacred design of the water at Trial Bay. 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These together represent the Galpu clan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Djaykun is a peaceful snake, not like it's brother Wititj (olive python) which is dangerous.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715902738730,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Merrkiyawuy_2_Mununggurr__Dhatam_ga_djaykun__3195-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598309"},{"product_id":"wayilkpa-maymuru-milky-way-shining-on-the-land-1486-25","title":"Wayilkpa Maymuru | Milky Way Shining on the Land 1486-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Every night the Milky Way shines onto the family tree, called Dharpa Wuluŋgutji Marawili. Each branch of the tree represents Yolŋu people. The branches are Dhuwa and Yirritja. My Märi (paternal grandfather) Narritjan told me this. When there is a big fight, or people are angry with each other, we always tell this story. Even though we are different we come from the same place.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Miyalk (woman) next to the tree is Nyapuliŋu, from the Djarrakpi dreaming. She has a Wapitja (digging stick) and carries a Bathi (basket) on her head with the Ŋatha (food). You can also see the Yolŋu in the Lipalipa (boat) and the Waŋupini (thunderclouds) around them. These are part of the Maŋgalili story.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715903000874,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Wayilkpa_Maymuru__Milky_Way_Shining_on_the_Land__1486-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598290"},{"product_id":"wayilkpa-maymuru-milky-way-shining-on-the-sea-3079-25","title":"Wayilkpa Maymuru | Milky Way Shining on the Sea 3079-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is a Maŋgalili clan story. Up top are the Waŋupini (storm clouds). The Yolŋu are in the Lipalipa (boat), and on the beach they wait with Gara (spears). They are hunting for Gunyan (crabs) and Guya (fish). Ŋaliwarrkarr the sea monster lives underneath.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the sky the Milky Way shines onto the sea, where we find all these animals.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715904639274,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Wayilkpa_Maymuru__Milky_Way_Shining_on_the_Sea__3079-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598303"},{"product_id":"bayalki-dhamarrandji-gunga-weaving","title":"Bayalki Dhamarrandji | Gunga Weaving 9147-24","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is a print of a Gunga Weaving - baskets and Gunga (pandanus).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI started my art with weaving, now I like to show my weaving in my prints too.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI love making this art at home and it gives me joy to show you.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715906244906,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Bayalki_Dhamarrandji__Gunga_Weaving__9147-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760925147"},{"product_id":"bitharr-2-maymuru-ganyawu-0880-25","title":"Bitharr #2 Maymuru | Ganyawu 0880-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ganyawu is a nut and also a poison. We start by making a fire, then we carefully cook the Ganyawu. But you can't come close to the fire because the smoke will make you sick.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715908309290,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Bitharr_2_Maymuru__Ganyawu__0880-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598270"},{"product_id":"bitharr-2-maymuru-young-power-2960-25","title":"Bitharr #2 Maymuru | Young Power 2960-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is a story about hunting. These are all the things we take to go hunting for Guya (fish), Marany'djalk (stingray), Maypal (oysters). I am sittng on a Batjparra (mat) relaxing, waiting for the tides to go out.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis print is part of the series 'Young Power'. It is Yuṯa Djäma (new work). This series features work by seven young and emergign Yolŋu artists, and is the result of a workshop facilitated by master printmaker Annie Studd with Munuy'ŋu Marika and Bitharr Maymuru of the Yirrkala Print Space. The project was partly based upon earlier such workshops, including 'Ŋarra' (me) from 2011, which had an emphasis upon digital rendering of self-portraits taken by the artists which evoked their personal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715909751082,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Bitharr_2_Maymuru__Young_Power__2960-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598229"},{"product_id":"bitharr-2-maymuru-ganyawu-4451-25","title":"Bitharr #2 Maymuru | Ganya'wu 4451-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the poison nut (cashew). You can't eat when it is still hot. the flesh on on outside is poisonous and can burn your skin, so we use gloves to find the nut inside. Then we bury it under the sand, when the fire gets smaller we put the coals over the sand where the nut is buried and it slowly roasted. Then we eat it.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715918336298,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Bitharr_2_Maymuru__Ganya_wu__4451-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598255"},{"product_id":"munuy-ngu-marika-young-power-2903-25","title":"Munuy’ŋu Marika | Young Power 2903-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I love working in the print space, since I was young. In 2013, I started at Buku Art Centre. I became a mum in 2015, and enjoy the challenges with the work\/life balance. I love to help others with their journey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis print is part of the series 'Young Power'. It is Yuṯa Djäma (new work). This series features work by seven young and emergign Yolŋu artists, and is the result of a workshop facilitated by master printmaker Annie Studd with Munuy'ŋu Marika and Bitharr Maymuru of the Yirrkala Print Space. The project was partly based upon earlier such workshops, including 'Ŋarra' (me) from 2011, which had an emphasis upon digital rendering of self-portraits taken by the artists which evoked their personal identity.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715918860586,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Munuy_ngu_Marika__Young_Power__2903-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598213"},{"product_id":"munuy-ngu-marika-workshop-4461","title":"Munuy’ŋu Marika | Workshop 4461-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the workshop, where the men work. They burn and frame barks. They collect bark and Ḻarrikitj for artists. Sometimes they pack the artwork to send all around the world. Sometimes they tell stories to tourists. Sometimes when I go into the workshop the young men are singing and dancing. They always listen to music, tell funny stories and are laughing.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715919450410,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Munuy_ngu_Marika__Workshop__4461-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598254"},{"product_id":"munuy-ngu-marika-gallery-4472-25","title":"Munuy’ŋu Marika | Gallery 4472-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is gallery where the visitors come to buy art. The staff help roll and pack the prints and helping to tell the stories of prints and other artwork. Dave makes us laugh pretending to do the shark dance. The staff is always being friendly and make good relationships with other staff and visitors. We are always busy with djäma (work), even sometimes on the weekends.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715922432298,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Munuy_ngu_Marika__Gallery__4472-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598245"},{"product_id":"munuy-ngu-marika-print-space-4483-25","title":"Munuy’ŋu Marika | Print Space 4483-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I started working a the Yirrkala Print Space when I was 17 years old, in 2013, doing work experience when I was at school with Annie, learning from her how make the prints and mix the colours.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI have worked with other printmakers. When Annie left, I was expecting my first child, so I took a break, then came back and continued making the prints for other artists. I made my first print in 2013 and have been making them ever since. When I started learning lino printing, beginning with one colour, then Bitharr came and we started making more layers on the lino prints. We help each other and manage the Print Space.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715922563370,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Munuy_ngu_Marika__Print_Space__4483-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598267"},{"product_id":"munuy-ngu-marika-mulka-4494-25","title":"Munuy’ŋu Marika | Mulka 4494-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the Mulka Project. My friends Dhukumul and Guti work here. They are learning to make videos, record stories, how to edit film and make digital artwork.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mulka space is important because they save the old stories and record the videos of old people so the young people can learn them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey help to print photos of old people for ceremony and record buŋgul (dance) and stories so we can watch them later.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715922923818,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Munuy_ngu_Marika__Mulka__4494-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598243"},{"product_id":"muluymuluy-wirrpanda-gunga-story-4060-25","title":"Muluymuluy Wirrpanda | Gunga story 4060-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the Gunga Dhawu (Pandanas Story).When the djamarrkuḻi(') (children) have tooth pain and the tooth comes out it is placed in the gunga roots so they will grow again. Also when a yothu (baby) is born the nut of the gunga tree is smoked over the baby for their health and for them to grow stronger.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50715925053738,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Muluymuluy_Wirrpanda__Gunga_Story__4060-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598312"},{"product_id":"muluymuluy-wirrpanda-buḻwutja-4809-25","title":"Muluymuluy Wirrpanda | Buḻwutja 4809-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Buḻwutja is a water yam that grows in the billabong. My sister Mulkuṉ taught me how to paint this. Bulwutja has a songline which is sung by my clan, Dhudi-Djapu. This is a Dhuwa plant. The old people would go and collect Buḻwutja in the wet season. You can’t find it when it is dry because there are no leaves. First we dig in the water for Buḻwutja. Then we make a fire. When the fire burns down we take the coals to one side and put sand on top of them. Then the hot sand cooks the Buḻwutja. There are lots of different bush yams, like ganguri, gaṉay’, yukuwa, ṉiṉḏaṉ' and yoku. Now Yolŋu can buy food at the shop, but it has lots of sugar in it. Bulwutja is healthy. It tastes sweet and goes good with fish. We always try to get them when we go huntng.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716047507754,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Muluymuluy_Wirrpanda__Bulwautja__4809-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760932847"},{"product_id":"marrnyula-mununggurr-buku-mitjun-3087-25","title":"Marrnyula Munuŋgurr | Buku-Mitjun 3087-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Miyalk are going into the bush to look for Ganguri, the bush yams. They are carrying Wapitja, their digging sticks. The end of stick is sharpened so that we can dig a hole to collect the yams from under the dirt. We look for the right leaves to know where the yams are. Ganguri is a Dhuwa plant. We sing this plant, and there is a dance about it too. There is a special and sacred word for when people go to collect yams. We call it Buku-Mitjun.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr in the publication \u003cem\u003eMiḏawarr\/Harvest:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the most famous yam, also known as Maṉmuŋa and sung by the Gälpu. It is the one that everyone loves to eat and lots of people still hunt for. In the Miḏawarr season they will return to the known patches where Ganguri are harvested every year. When they dig, if it’s too small they will put the yam back. Then if they dig and it’s a bigger one they pull it out but deliberately leave some behind so it will grow again. When we say that we are natural farmers this is what we mean. We break the yam a few centimetres from the top where it connects to the vine and cover it over again. We will return a few years later and we will re-dig that plant from the same hole. This is known as niyarrŋ. Year after year we eat from the same plant as we remember our old harvest. Yalukul are the leaves and the little seeds of the Ganguri when they all entwine together in a big canopy and when they turn a yellow brown colour it is called galaḏay’ and it is a message from the plant to the women, “I am ready come and get me.” The pigeon Gukguk sings as well to let us know the time has come.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716049309994,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Marrnyula_Mununggurr__Buku-Mitjun__3087-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760932977"},{"product_id":"marrnyula-mununggurr-dhawurr-4636-25","title":"Marrnyula Munuŋgurr | Dhawurr 4636-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Dhawurr is the Yolŋu Matha name for the fishtrap in this print. These have been used for a long time by the old people. 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We put it in the freshwater to catch Baypiŋa, the Saratoga fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs written in the 2022 publication \u003cem\u003eMaḏayin\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis work represents the union of different groups within the Dhaḻwaŋu clan. They are joined through the ancestral cycle of fishtrap ceremonies. The events are ceremonial and spiritual as well as social and educational. According to Djirrirra, the diamond design depicts the waters around Gangan. The grid that encases these diamonds adds a metaphorical layer to the design. These lines call back to the structure of a traditional fish trap made with rangan (paperbark) and wooden stakes. This combination of location and tradition marks the Buyku (fish trap area) that belongs to the Dhaḻwaŋu and allied clans. The people of the Dhaḻwaŋu and allied clans identify with the ancestral hunter Gany’tjurr (heron) while they fish baypinŋa (Scleropages jardini, spotted saratoga).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716055798058,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Djirrirra_Wunungmurra__Buyku__4529-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760598275"},{"product_id":"dhalmula-2-burarrwanga-mawurraki-8260-25","title":"Dhalmula #2 Burarrwaŋa | Mawurraki 8260-24","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This story is about the whistle tree, also called the Casuarina tree. When we are at the beach we are always sitting down and listening to that tree. I always used to sit down with my Grandma and she would tell me the stories about this tree. It is a Yirritja tree called Djomula or Mawurraki.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716056977706,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Dhalmula_2_Burarrwanga__Mawurraki__8260-24_CROP.jpg?v=1760933448"},{"product_id":"dhalmula-2-burarrwanga-work-in-progress-4552-25","title":"Dhalmula #2 Burarrwaŋa | Work in Progress 4552-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs told by the artist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is me working on a ṉuwayak (bark). I have been painting for a long time. I paint at the art centre, sometimes I bring my daughter to work and show her how I paint. It keeps me busy, I love working.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716057600298,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/Dhalmula_2_Burarrwanga__Work_In_Progress__4552-25_CROP.jpg?v=1760933663"},{"product_id":"datjuluma-guyula-gunyan-2028-25","title":"Datjuluma Guyula | Gunyan 2028-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDatjuluma produced this work with reference to her mothers country at Djarrakpi which is at the base of Cape Shield, the northern perimeter of Blue Mud Bay. This Maŋgalili country is also site of one of the Ancestral ceremonial\/burial grounds called the Yiŋapuŋapu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Yiŋapuŋapu is a low relief sand sculpture designed to keep any contamination of death at bay as traditionally the body of the deceased was placed within it for initial mortuary rites, to cleanse the bones of dangerous spirits held within the body tissue. A metaphor for this action of cleansing is utilised by the Maŋgalili in their sacred paintings by way of depicting Mirriya or Gunyan the sand or ghost crab picking the bones of a fish carcass on the beach. Contemporary Maŋgalili on the beaches of Djarrakpi put their food scraps in one place when at camp - the secular Yiŋupuŋapu. This painting shows the totemic Mirriya which feeds on the Ancestral remains of the parrot fish Yambirrku. The miny’tji or sacred clan design for the sandscapes of Djarrakpi both adorn and surround the crabs. In traditional mortuary ceremony for this clan the last act is to catch and eat Yambirrku and dispose of the bones in the ceremonial sand sculpture for the crabs to pick clean overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo a canoe and paddles were made and their journey began by paddling down the Milŋiyawuy River which flows into the Blue Mud Bay near Djarrakpi. In the bay, at a place of significance, strong winds developed and a wake from the ancestral turtle capsized the canoe - the men drowned. At this place is the site of Yiŋalpiya, the freshwater crocodile’s nesting place. 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They carefully and expertly pack the millions of dollars worth of artwork which leaves the centre every year. They collect supplies from the nearby mining town. They drive out to remote homelands to deliver and pick up artists and artworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey do this as a team and so if one goes, all go. Many hands make light of the hardest work. They are humble, uncomplaining, tough, resourceful and always laughing. In the back shed where most of these activities take place the radio is firmly fixed to Yolŋu Radio and the volume at eleven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThrough these decades perhaps the quietest of all has been Bruce. Universally known as \u003cem\u003e'Wanapa'\u003c\/em\u003e he has maintained a constant energy of quiet achievement which the rest of the team fit into and flow with. No fretted brow or nagging bosses. 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