Warraine (Eaglehawk) by Hector Jandany

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Story of Eaglehawk

Shinju Matsuri Art Award Winner 1997 Hector was born at Turkey Creek (now called Warmun) in 1929, where the Warmun art centre was established not long after the community moved back in 1979. A former stockman and camp cook from Texas Downs station, he was able to travel his ancestral country, which extended from Ngarrgoorroon, country north of Purnululu (the Bungle Bungles), to Texas Downs in the north. This is the country he paints in ochre, and Warraine is one of the major Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) cultural heroes of Gija people. Hector was one of the founders of the Warmun ochre style, along with other, well-known Warman artists such as with Queenie McKenzie and Rover Thomas.

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Kimberley artists abound

The Shinju Matsuri Art Awards is an open competition and exhibition for Broome and Kimberley based artists, held every year as a core event of Broome’s annual Shinju Matsuri Festival. The overall...

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Head of Sammy the Dragon

Sammy the Dragon

This is one of the early versions of Sammy the Dragon, who has been the mascot of the Shinju Matsuri Festival since its inception in 1980. Sammy, like all Chinese dragons, is thought to bring good...

"Kalpurtu", by Jimmy Pike

A desert Rainbow Serpent

Shinju Matsuri Art Award Winner 1994 This is Japingka – the home country of Jimmy Pike, a jila (permanent water place) inhabited by a rainbow serpent – Kalpurtu. The bold silhouettes of two figures...