Volume 14
Oral Traditions and Expressions
Wangkarra : communication and the verbal arts of Australia’s Western Desert
Wangkarra : communication and the verbal arts of Australia’s Western Desert
Graphic elements in a sand story, representing people (‘U’ shapes), a fire, artefacts, and an enclosing shelter. Drawing by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis.
Joella Butler, 2013. ‘Tjalaku – Going for honey ants in the Toyota’.
Tjarlirli by Esther Giles, 2016. This painting is of the waterholes and sandhills of Esther Giles’ traditional country around Tjarlirli.
Leaves and other small objects are used to represent characters in sand stories.
The WDVA team documenting sand storytelling in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.
Purrungu by Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, 2016. This painting is of the country around Purrungu which was created by the Kutungu Woman in the Tjukurrpa