Artist: Nawurapu Wunungmurra
Museum: Museum - Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Magnt)
Technique: Pigment
Garraparra is a coastal headland and bay area within Blue Mud Bay. It marks the spot of a sacred burial area for the Dhalwangu clan and a site where dispute was formally settled by Makarrata (a trial of ordeal by spear which settled serious grievance and sealed the peace forever). Makani the queenfish hugs the shore almost beaching itself as it attacks schools of baitfish and has actually formed the features of the coastline of Djalma Bay. Dhulurrk the sand whiting is another flat fish that bites into the beach in these songs. During the times after the
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