Echidna - Ali Hobbs Boomerang

Echidna - Ali Hobbs BoomerangCarved Echidna Hand carved by Ali Hobbs. Made from wood from the 'coolamon tree' sourced locally Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

There is grass and shrub surrounding waterhole

This country called Nyimpi (living waterhole) my fathers country

They make me happy and attract the birds for kalaga

There are two brothers

sometimes Im proud

90 x 180cm

He hidden itfrom all the other anmials birds and the Bunuba tribe then one day Wardahwhi falocn got angry he picked up a stick and flew high in the sky and threw jarwie ( top Brooking with a lot of force the water rushed out of the rocks and created springs

just before the rain

170 x 90cm

This painting is of Slim Dusty

He showed me the tree where they camped

Twin place they close up