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Tjitji (children's) gathering place

 

Children's tjuupi (honey ant) trail

Explore ten art works from the Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert exhibition through our tjuupi (honey ant) trail.

The Papunya artists use different symbols to paint Dreaming stories.

These symbols include circles, journey lines and bird and animal tracks, and can have many meanings.

All works are copyright the artists or their estates and are licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency 2007. They must not be reproduced in any form without permission.



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Mala and the Bad Uncles at Tjikarri [I], 1974, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula

Mala and the Bad Uncles at Tjikarri (I) 1974 by Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula.

This painting and the next tell the same Dreaming story about a dingo, a kingfisher and wallabies.

Can you see the tracks of these animals in both the paintings?

What is similar about these paintings? What is different?

Which one do you like best? Why?

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