Ningie Nanala Nangala

This painting depicts some of the country of Ningie’s youth. This country is known as Mungai and is located in The Great Sandy Desert south of Yagga Yagga. It was in this country that Ningie and her family lived and hunted. Shown here are two soakwaters Mungai for which the country is named and Naru. In this country a common type of bush food is tjunda, or bush onion, found between the talis or sand dunes which dominate the landscape of the area.