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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.

Muurru

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Artwork Muurru
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H: 131cm W: 57cm

The beautiful rendition of the sea at Garraparra. read more

miyapunu

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Artwork miyapunu
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H: 102cm W: 35cm

Here the daughter of Nanyin has painted mythologies of Magalili foundation that founded Djarrakpi and events that gave cause to this clans mortuary ceremony. read more

Miliyawuy

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H: 98cm W: 48cm

Naminapu Maymuru-White began helping her fathers, Narritjin and Nanyin paint their bark paintings and sculptures in their bark shelter on the beach at Yirrkala in about 1964 when she was twelve years old. read more