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Mowarra is perhaps the oldest man in Arnhem Land. He presides from the community outstation of Rorruwuy on the country he was born in.

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Medium: Bark painting Ochres on bark

Mowarra Ganambarr

Mowarra’s age is unknown. The earliest missionaries to arrive in the area attributed estimates to the adults they found when they arrived.

Rulyapa

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Artwork Rulyapa
bark

H: 128cm W: 52cm

This miny’tji represents Rulyapa, the rough saltwater country between Nhulunbuy and the large island of Dhambaliya, ballooning up from the secret depths, around the sacred rock Manhala, which can be a manifestation of Daymirri. read more

Barama

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Artwork Barama
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H: 96cm W: 42cm

It was in a period called Wangarr, the world creation drives of the first mornings, when the Ancestral Beings came to country to give lore and title for the land and its people. read more

Lulumu

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Artwork Lulumu
bark

H: 99cm W: 42cm

The Madarrpa travelled to live permanently at Båniyala, clan land north on Blue Mud Bay under the direction of clan leader and father to the artist, Wakuthi. read more