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#The death of the child and the Birth of the Adult, #white, #ochre

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For thousand of years in winter my people have hunted the Yungun in a sustainable way. Both for them and for us. Each year after the summer rains, silt washes out into Deception Bay from the Mary River into Butchulla country near K'gari. The silt covers the sea grass beds of K'gari and the Yungun sourse of food is covered with this silt. The Yungun swim south into my Country, Quandamooka . This painting tells this storey. In the centre is the Mary River, and what we call Yungun (dugong) grass which the Yungun feed on as the weather gets cooler. My people will watch the beaches and the sea for this grass and once it is seen wash up on the beach or floating on the surface of the water, we know they are in our Country and feeding. The signs that our Country gives us tell us all we need to know about what is happing with the animals and environment within our Country. The other images are images of other animals and food that comes to us as a gift from our Sea Country such as Binging the turtle, Ugurie a shellfish and the many different types of fish that visit us in these cooler months. After the Yungun have spent the winter in our country they will head north, back to K'gari and Butchulla Country. The silt would have turned the sea beds of K'gari into a lush feeding grounds for them. Around the edges of the painting are the trees in flower and the seasons changing. On the upper left, the yellow ochre trails are the Jabams on the move. The vertical lines are their traveling lines in the different seasons.. The three circles represent the three main trees that they live in with one Jabam entering the tree and one coming out of the tree. The five squares are the Bora (Jabams gathering ). The seven horizontal Jabama represent the Southern Cross and below them, the full moon in that season. To the lower right of the painting is 'Men's Business' and above it is, 'Woman's Business'. Next is the Bora trail line and tree blossoms . The far right of the painting represents what we call 'Secret Business'. The poem Grandfather Willy McKenzie his smiling face a pleasure to behold. A robust man in his ageing years full of Aboriginal lore Seen often on the football field Teaching the children the boomerang throw Children sat around in awe when told of our folklore He taught them the different corroborees Of the days long long ago. Told them of his wanderings, Aboriginal words and meanings And of nature's way in this great land of ours Grandfather McKenzie with the children brought joy to one and all This learned man in cultural ways Lover of children and his fellow man Teacher, Story Teller and a Childs Best Friend. Each line represents a different wind . The north wind, 'Dimbin', is hot and dry; Winjiya, the east wind comes from over the sea and is cool and refreshing.
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