Lot 37

Jirrawun Arts, Western Australia
The Collection of William Mora Galleries, Melbourne

Rusty Peters - Recent Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 12 - 20 March, 2002, cat. no. 8

© Rusty Peters/Copyright Agency, 2024

This picture shows part of my country at Springvale Station. It is my mother's father's place.
This is the place where he used to sit in the shade near the river beside a white gum tree.

This picture shows part of my country at Springvale Station. It is my mother's father's place.
This is the place where he used to sit in the shade near the river beside a white gum tree.
Ngenayindi-ningi jarrak wanemayinde-ngirri. Gijam jarrak wanemayin-ngirri. Bal
wanemayinde-ngirri thuwuthum-burru. "Berrema marnum benemurlunnha-ngerruwa." Bina
ngenanyji-ngu warnawarnarram burrunbu-ngarri ngarrgalem. "Jarrak-karri yarrurn berrem
marnum garawanyji junbumurlunnha-ngarri nyingiyanggurrum. Bal berne-birri berrem
-manum-yuwurru Gijam."
I used to go to him and he used to talk to me. He talked to me in Gija language. He told me about everything. "You remember my words. I am teaching you about all the old places here.
These stories we tell you should keep in your mind for later so that you can tell people our Gija ways".