Cockatoo - Jawoorraban
2004
Medium
earth pigments on composition board
Measurements
80.0 × 100.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2004
© Paddy Bedford, courtesy of Jirrawun Arts
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
‘Ngayilanyji, the white cockatoo, was an important law man in Dreamtime. He sat up on a hill on one side of a gorge and called out to a group of men who were travelling south to Lansdowne during law time for young men. “Why do you want to go that way? That is Gooniyandi Country. You should stay here in Gija Country.” They all became part of the land at a place named Jawoorraban by Gija people.’ PADDY BEDFORD, 2004
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2004.629
Department
First Nations Australia
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