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- Region
- South-East Australia
- Community
- Nabiac
- Language group
- Birpi (Biripi); Worimi
Black fairies + spinifex pigeon, 2008
oil on canvas
46 x 40 cm; 48 x 44 cm frame
$1,500
- Provenance
- The Collection of Gordon and Elaine Syron, NSW
- Artwork story
- They were called spinifex pigeons. I was told by the locals that they had gone extinct. The redcoats ate them all and made pigeon pies. That’s why I painted the black fairies around them, to bring the spinifex pigeons back.