Peter Newry

This painting is an area of the artist’s traditional country in the Keep River National Park near the Northern Territory border. The blue-grey areas indicate hills. The yellow indicates springs and waterways. In the top left of the painting are two hills Woorlala Garjabany meaning children with sores. The two long shapes below are called Jimirreng which means dog dreaming. In the lower left is a painting of two hills. In between the two hills is a spring Gerriyem. The hill below on the bottom left corner of the painting is called Warlganjiman – sand goanna dreaming. At the bottom centre of the painting is a blue curved rock and the yellow circle named Turkey Spring. The hill near it is Gowarrem – crocodile dreaming. In the top right corner is Nyimbiye – butterfly dreaming and the long line in the centre is a spring Berdoodoobang which runs right from the top centre to the lower right corner down to Gowarrem.