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Roley Williams, Yintakaja Lampajuya, 1988:

I was born at Kunawarritji [Well 33]. My father was born at Kinyu [Jarntu, Well 35] ... Kinyu belongs to many people: from the west, from the east, from the north and from the south. These people come from all over ... This Country is for a lot of people.
Nora Wompi, Bugai Whylouter, Kumpaya Girgaba and Nora Nangapa at Kunkun near Well 33.

Nora Wompi, Bugai Whylouter, Kumpaya Girgaba and Nora Nangapa, at Kunkun near Well 33

Kunawarritji (Well 33) features in many of the Jukurrpa stories from the desert. It became one of the main places from which people left the desert, eventually settling in communities as distant as Turkey Creek, Wiluna, Jigalong, Balgo and Bidyadanga.

Well 35 is situated at the home of the ancestral mother dingo, after which this site is named. This site is so sacred, however, that younger people refrain from saying its true name (Kinyu) more than is necessary. Because of this, both Well 35 and the ancestral mother dingo are referred to here as ‘Jarntu’, the Martu word for dingo.

Jarntu has healing powers, but she is also a fierce protector of her home and people. Aboriginal people enter the site with great respect, ritually sweeping the ground with branches, announcing strangers and leaving gifts of food. In return, Jarntu ensures successful hunting for her Countrymen and protects them from danger.

Morika Biljabu, Kunawarritji (Well 33), 2008:

Jarntu is like a guide dog for the old people, a protector. It’s the belly button of the Country. Right in the middle. The Canning Stock Route cut the body in half. Jarntu is like the veins of the body.
An acrylic painting on canvas in yellow-orange tones with a set of eight red and yellow circles at the lower right of the painting, surrounded by yellow, red and white lines. The painting is divided into areas by red and yellow lines, with beige, yellow or orange backgrounds. At the bottom edge there is a row of four concentric ovals, while to the left side of them is a set of four concentric circles. In the top half of the painting there is another set of eight concentric circles in beige and red on yellow, and pink circles and yellow rectangles next to them. At the top there are lines and a concentric shape in yellow, pink, orange, red and yellow-brown. - click to view larger image

Kunawarritji by Nora Wompi
An acrylic painting on canvas of outlined motifs in bright colours on a predominantly yellow background. On one short side there is a red line motif that appears like uneven stripes with some connecting together. Next to that is a white, yellow and red three pronged motif and a blue pear shape overlaid with two yellow ovals. In the central section there is a red long thin outlined oblong, and at the other shortest end there are circles, V shapes in green and outlined shapes in red at both corners with a blue outlined shape between them. - click to view larger image

Minyipuru by Nora Nangapa
A textured yellow-orange toned painting on brown linen with a curved vertically lined red section in the top right corner with a white and red oval above it. On the top left and middle half of the painting are curved and straight vertical stripes in yellow, pink, orange, burgundy, red and white with two orange-yellow circles towards the middle section of the painting. The bottom left has an outlined rounded rectangle with horizontal stripes in yellow divided by thin dotted lines in white, red, orange or pink. The right side of the painting features a curved vertical section which follows the edge of the shape on the left and fills the area with yellows and a little bit of pink, white, red and orange. - click to view larger image

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin
An orange toned painting on brown linen with a curve of dark orange starting at top right and ending at the centre of the left edge. This curve is above a rounded shape in yellow and orange with pink vertical stripes and several smaller round shapes. In the lower portion is a rectangular shape with blended orange, yellow and pink vertical brushstrokes. - click to view larger image

Kunawarritji and Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin
A yellow toned textured painting on brown linen with a vertical line of six small red-pink circles down the centre. Most of the painting has vertical uneven stripes in yellow with pink, dark pink and white thin lines between. The right side has a shorter line of six red circles at the top and a rectangular shape at the bottom corner with pink and orange uneven vertical stripes and a red circle above it. In the middle section next to the line of red circles is a long round ended concentric line with rows of red, yellow, white and pink inside. On the left side there is a vertical line of four joined outlined shapes with uneven stripes in them in yellow with pink, white and orange thinner lines. At the bottom edge is an apricot coloured section. - click to view larger image

Kinyu by Eubena Nampitjin and Jane Gimme
A rectangular painting on brown linen with a red circle at the top right and three smaller concentric circles in red and beige on a yellow and beige dotted ground, above interconnected lines of red filled with yellow-orange. The lines and circles are edged with white dots. There are two circles in the lower portion of the picture in red and beige. - click to view larger image

Witji Rock Holes by Jane Gimme

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