Description
MABEL JULI Wirroongoon
Ochre on Canvas
60 x 60 cm / Natural ochre and pigment on canvas
Year: 2016
WAC109/16
Goolabal
“This the Springvale River (green area), Darrajayin, and this Goolabal (snake) there – this long time, dream time, when my grandfather ‘bin passed away. And this dreamtime Goolabal just walked away from Springvale Station to this place called Nyawaorin, gardiya (whitefella) name is Two Mile. And Aboriginal name Nyawaorin. Yeah, that’s the Goolabal. Straight down from Station, Jillak- Jillak, we say, down.”
