Boab - Local Artist Sonia Kurarra

Boab - Local Artist Sonia KurarraCarved boab nut. Hand carved by local artist to Fitzroy Crossing. 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.

I can't remember that name now

This is Gogo Station where I grew up and went to school

digital recordings and publications that have become In the Saddle - On the Wall contain important historical and deeply personal accounts of a time when aboriginal people were the back-bone of the Kimberley cattle industry

it's finished now from bush fire and flood

This is my mother's country it's very sandy there it has two waterholes with one each rainbow snake

it can be seen in the painting

The country was pretty bare then not much vegetation

and uncle's country

in my country

Hand-painted by Rodney Rawlins

This jila (living water) called Japinka

Lukarrarra (a type of spinifex grass)