Warrarnany and Wangkarnal, 2009

natural earth pigments on canvas

45 x 120 cm

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Provenance: Warmun Arts Centre, WA, Cat. No. WAC392/09
Artwork story: This is the Ngarrangakanri (Dreamtime) story of how the big hill shown at the top of the painting was formed. In the Ngarrangkarni, two men, called Warrarnany (eaglehawk) and Wangkarnal (the crow) were camped on the country to the west of Warmun Community. Warrarnany (the eaglehawk) was looking for wood to make fire to cook kangaroo. When Wangkarnal (the crow) saw that Warrarnany had kangaroo, a fight broke out between them over the tucker. Wangkarnal was lazy and always wanted what Warraenany had worked for, Eagle took coals from his fire and threw them at Crow. They landed in his eye and caused the white coal coloured marking you now see around the eyes of crows. Spears were thrown and landed in the thighs of both men, tails and feathers grew out of the spears and they two men cahnged to the bird we know today and flew away. It was during this fight that the hill was formed by the Wangkarnal in his rage and jealousy. Wangkarnal Hill is near Northern Bore, which is Madigan's traditional country.

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b. c.1927 / 1935

natural earth pigments on canvas

45 x 120 cm

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Provenance: Warmun Arts Centre, WA, Cat. No. WAC392/09
Artwork story: This is the Ngarrangakanri (Dreamtime) story of how the big hill shown at the top of the painting was formed. In the Ngarrangkarni, two men, called Warrarnany (eaglehawk) and Wangkarnal (the crow) were camped on the country to the west of Warmun Community. Warrarnany (the eaglehawk) was looking for wood to make fire to cook kangaroo. When Wangkarnal (the crow) saw that Warrarnany had kangaroo, a fight broke out between them over the tucker. Wangkarnal was lazy and always wanted what Warraenany had worked for, Eagle took coals from his fire and threw them at Crow. They landed in his eye and caused the white coal coloured marking you now see around the eyes of crows. Spears were thrown and landed in the thighs of both men, tails and feathers grew out of the spears and they two men cahnged to the bird we know today and flew away. It was during this fight that the hill was formed by the Wangkarnal in his rage and jealousy. Wangkarnal Hill is near Northern Bore, which is Madigan's traditional country.