This print shows hills in country called Mingmarriya near Dingo Springs on Texas Downs Station east of Warmun (Turkey Creek), W.A. where the artist lives and paints. Lots of wild dingoes live in this area. Mingmarriya is limestone country and is shown as the striped hills in the print. The artist takes one of her Aboriginal names, Mingmarriya, from this country. As she puts it; "my name been grow up from these hills." The artist's uncle was born in this country. When the artist was young an Aboriginal man was killed with a club here for eloping with a woman who was promised to another man.
(Description compiled courtesy of Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, 2006)
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