Pussycat
$1,800.00
Trudy Raggett was born in Mparntwe. She lived at Kwale Kwale (Jay Creek) with her grandmother Louise Raggett. Trudy said she used to go hunting, swimming, and collect bush foods and bush medicines with all her grandmothers. They taught her everything about bush tucker and bush medicines. Before they built the houses at Kwale Kwale, Trudy said they lived in a tin shed. They had to come to town, in her grandmother Trudy Inkamala’s car, to collect water in jerry cans to take back home. Trudy used to catch the bus into Yiprinya school from Kwale Kwale. Sometimes Rhonda, Valerie, Hazel, Sallyanne, and Roxanne, would all catch the bus together into school. Trudy says she was always surrounded by family, and this was important. Later Trudy moved to Arlparra (Utopia) with her partner and had her children there. She did carvings there with her partner, collecting the bean tree, letting it dry and then carving and painting it. Now when Trudy stays in town, she comes with family into the art room, and sews. She says the art room is a good place to feel strong and happy.
