Boab - Dorothy Forrest Amy Nuggett

Boab - Dorothy Forrest Amy NuggettPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Dorothy Forrest Boab nuts are synonymous with the Kimberley region. Many artists start their careers carving and painting boabs for sale as gifts, decorations and for sharing stories before moving onto painting on canvas and other art forms. Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

When i was young we were living there

Billy Chestnut

Our mothers too and parents collected stones

She got up and started shouting at the white cockatoo "You been awake me up from sleep

Shirley Anne Malo Jilarndi

the seed burns

that way out in the desert

This is where I was born

for the bush honey

Thats when I came full gallop just to try to wheel them to the east

and flowers after the wet season

My countrymen been camping here