Description
MARLENE JULI
Natural Ochres on Canvas
90 x 90 cm
Year: 2023
WAC338/23
Goorlabal Ngarranggarni – Marlene Juli
This work is inspired by a Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) story about Goorlabal the Serpent.
In the Ngarranggarni, Goorlabal travelled from One Mile in search of water. He found water in the Springvale River. He rolled on his back in the water because he was over-heated. He turned into stone and is still there today.
Goorlabal protects the waterways near Warmun, and this work shows the waterways entwined with the vertebrae of Goorlabal.
