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Caroline Nakamarra Gibson

Caroline has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 2007.

She paints her father’s dreaming, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) and Wimpa Jukurrpa (Lightning Dreaming), country located in the ‘tali’ sandhill country of the Gibson Desert, south west of Lake McKay. “My mother told me my father’s Jukurrpa.”

These stories relate directly to her land, its features and the plants and animals that inhabit it and have been passed down through the generations for at least 50 millennia.

Caroline Nakammara Gibson

The Story of 'Water Dreaming'

This 'ngapa Jukurrpa' (water Dreaming) comes from Wapurtali (Mt. Singleton), west of Yuendumu. The 'kirda' (owners) of this Dreaming site are Nakamarra/Napurrurla women and Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men. In the Dreamtime, a 'marlu' (kangaroo) was cooked at a place called Jalkirri (also called Kalkaji). The smoke from the fire formed 'milpirri' (cumulonimbus clouds), and it began to rain. A giant storm formed and travelled with a 'pamapardu Jukurrpa' (termite Dreaming) from the east to the west. The two Dreamings travelled from Warntungurru to Warlura, a waterhole 8 miles east of Yuendumu, where a gecko called Yumariyumari blew the storm on to Lapurrukurra and Wilpiri. Bolts of lightning shot out at Wirnpa (also called Mardinymardinypa) and at Kanaralji. At this point the Dreaming track also includes the 1curdukurdu mangkurdu Jukurrpa' (children of the clouds Dreaming). The water Dreaming built hills at Ngamangama using baby clouds, and stuck long pointy clouds into the ground at Jukajuka, where they can still be seen today as rock formations.

The termite Dreaming eventually continued west to Nyirrpi, a community approximately 160 km west of Yuendumu. The water Dreaming then travelled from the south over Mikanji, a watercourse with soakages northwest of Yuendumu. The portion of the Dreaming that passes through Mikanji Is owned by the Nangala/Jangala and Nampijinpa/Jampijinpa subsections. At Mikanji, the storm was picked up by a 'kirrkarlanji' (brown falcon [Falco berigora]) and taken farther north. After stopping at Puyurru, the water Dreaming travelled on through other locations Including Yalyarllalku, Mikilyparnta, Katalpi, lungkardajarra, Jirawarnpa, Kamira, Yurrunjuku, and Jikaya before moving on Into Gurlndjl country to the north.

In contemporary Warlpiri paintings, traditional iconography is used to represent the 'Jukurrpa' (Dreaming), associated sites, and other elements. Short dashes are often used to represent 'mangkurdu' (cumulus & stratocumulus clouds), and longer, flowing lines represent 'ngawarra' (flood waters). Small circles are used to dot 'mulju' (soakages) and river beds.

Warlukurlangu Artists is one of the longest running and most successful Aboriginal owned art centres in Central Australia. Warlukurlangu Artists is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program.

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