Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 boab

Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 boabThe roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs and have a beautiful flower. Dorothy Forrest Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 60cm Please Note: All artworks on canvas are delivered unstretched and rolled to ensure safe and efficient delivery. All artworks purchases will include artist biographies and certificates of authenticity.

Fish lay eggs every year sometime we catch fish with eggs we eat the eggs when we cook them for lunch or dinner its good

Jalulu kitpinya pirn marnin Jutkijangka wunalugidbinya karnyin Minya kiliki manya kiliki Jutkij juju matanana bonyurru

Mayapu Elsie Thomas

tutujarti (bush warlnut)

my country the Great Sandy Desert

They used to cut his horn in those old days

Seasons change the colour of the desert country when Jila moves from jila to jila

TRAVELLING THROUGH COUNTRY WITH MY FAMILIES SHOWING ME MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER COUNTRY

which can be eaten when cooked

and we find rusty metal objects

Hand-painted by Alison Forrest

Older women will carry them in coolamon on their heads