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Mt King - Emu Dreaming
2004

Medium
earth pigments on composition board

Measurements
80.0 × 100.0 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

The painting is about Karnanganyjel, the Emu Dreaming at Mount King to the west of Bedford Downs Station. Mount King is in an area with a line of high rocky cliffs. The emu, poised on the rock, is seen in the centre left. The black circle in the lower right indicates the area where a large number of the artist’s relations were poisoned in about 1920, in retaliation for the killing of a bullock.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Kununurra, Western Australia

Accession Number
2004.631

Department
First Nations Australia

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