Perentie one, back in the Dreamtime, it come here. A big one. We just call it perentie, this hill. It came across north from another hill. He was staying at Jarra Jarra for a good while, but when he was short of meat, couldn’t find goanna or rabbit or lizard or nothing to eat, he moved to Conniston. And when he moved from Tjarra Tjarra he never come back again. We call that hill perentie cos he was living there.
Ned Kelly Jungarrayi is a senior Kaytetye and Warlpiri man who was born at Wauchope in 1944. Ned grew up between Wauchope, Kurundi and Hatches Creek before moving to Ali Curung, then Warrabri, in the 1950s. Though Mr Kelly had painted in Ampilatwatja in the past, he took up painting in Ali Curung in 2024, at the age of 79. Mr Kelly’s work tells dreaming stories relating to his Country, Jarra Jarra, and the surrounding area. He is a skilled storyteller which translates across his landsdcape paintings and abstracts which employ the visual language of sand painting.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
On behalf of Desart’s staff and art centre members, the Executive Committee humbly and respectfully acknowledge the Arrernte Apmereke Artweye (Traditional Owners) and Kwertengerle (Traditional Managers) of Mparntwe.
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