Yunurr (Spring Creek)
1991
Medium
earth pigments on canvas
Measurements
60.5 × 100.4 cm (comp.) 61.3 × 101.2 cm (framed)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2010
© Rover Thomas/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Thomas has painted Yunurr, near Spring Creek junction in Gija Country, on Texas Downs Station where he worked as a stockman, mustering cattle. There is a long hill at Yunurr where an ancestral snake travelled in the ngarrangkani (Dreaming) and made a spring by urinating. In the centre of the work, Thomas represents Red Fire or Kilfoyle Hill as a rounded, squarish shape bearing loose yellow dotting that stands out on a black ground. The red-ochre angular section in the bottom left corner indicates the road for cars near the hill.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Perth, Western Australia
Accession Number
2010.360
Department
First Nations Australia
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