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'Kumpaya Girgaba laid out the initial design for this painting, which all the artists collaboratively customised and elaborated. When the painting was nearing completion, Kumpaya called out the names of all the waterholes depicted here. This painting, which was produced by 14 women artists at Kunawarritji (Well 33), represents a stretch of Country crossed by the Canning Stock Route. It depicts a number of the waterholes that were made into wells, but many other permanent and ephemeral water sources are also included. When the Canning Stock Route was in use as a droving highway, many of the artists relied on these other waters to ensure their safe passage through this contested land.' (Source:Mira website)

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Date: 2008
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    y separately published work icon Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route Canning Stock Route National Museum of Australia , Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press , 2010 6138712 2010 selected work prose art work

    Art exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route tells the story of the Canning Stock Route's impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and emerging artists and the stories of traditional custodians. (Source: National Museum Australia website)

    Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press , 2010
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Subjects:
  • Canning Stock Route, Central desert areas, Western Australia,
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