Lumpu-lumpu - Daisy Andrews, 2010 Hanson Pye

Lumpu-lumpu - Daisy Andrews, 2010 Hanson PyeThese are the hills around Lumpu lumpu, a place with mixed memories for me. It is beautiful country with sad feelings from the past. This is my mother and father's country between Christmas Creek Station and Cherrabun Station. Before I was born my family lived around this area. It is good rocky country. There is good living water here. My father was killed here at Lumpu lumpu. Our people came down from Canning Stock Route, and stayed at Lumpu lumpu,

A long time ago women were travelling through this country

Hanson Pye

Our mothers too and parents collected stones

Natural Dyed Silk Scarf

This is the dry season

Hand-painted by Julia Wallaby

the fruit grows on these trees and yam

These are sandhills in The Great Sandy Desert

we had to carry water to get here

ready to hang

It is my grandfather's country

And the dots represent flowers that grows along the edge of the water