Mirndiyan Gununa in Wellesley Islands | Non-profit organisation

Mirndiyan Gununa

Locality: Wellesley Islands

Phone: +61 418 224 953

Address: 1 Lardil Street, GUNUNA 4892 Wellesley Islands, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.morningtonisland.com.au

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25.01.2022 Feature Work on Paper of the Week 2 Amy Loogatha Emu and turkey Story Place, 2019 - #927-19 67 x 76 cm Acrylic on Arches paper... $750.00 Artist Statement: "There is a story place on Bentinck where Emu and Turkey had a jealous fight over children and hunting. Leaving Emu with no wings and Turkey with only having two children." See more

24.01.2022 FINAL WEEKS Don’t miss the vibrant IACA Member Art Centres Group Exhibition Curated by: Bereline Loogatha (Mornington Island Art, Mirndiyan Gununa - Mornington... Island) Junibel Doughboy (Bana Yirriji Art Centre, Wujul Wujul) Florence Gutchen (Erub Arts - Darnley Island) Nephi Denham (Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre) Featured works; Lorna Shaun, ‘Drought’. Yalanji Arts - Mossman Gorge. Wanda Gibson, ‘Turtles In The Reef’. Hopevale Arts & Culture Centre. Emily Murray, ‘Untitled’. Girringun Aboriginal Corporation. Alair Pambegan, ‘Winchanam Body Design I’. Wik and Kugu Art Centre. Artworks via Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2020. Open until 5pm 24th December (Christmas Eve).

23.01.2022 NAIDOC Community Dance Night

20.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 1 Kaye Bush Rock Cod Story, 2014 - #8790-14 137 x 61 cm Acrylic on canvas... $1,250 Statement: "This painting represents Dibirdibi meaning river rock cod in our language. This is my totem from my Father and his Father. The men folks paint up with their totem on their body before they dance in a corroboree." See more

20.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 2 Coralie Thompson Gunun Woonan, 2019 - #719-19 91 x 121 cm Acrylic, dry and earth pigment on Belgian linen... $1,250.00 Artist Statement: When I was little my parents would take my brother and I out camping and we would enjoy our time out bush - it became our home and school. One time during the missionary days there was a drought so our family spent the time out here. See more

19.01.2022 Only a few hours left for our NAIDOC Sale - lots of keen collectors!

19.01.2022 Teachers can dance!

19.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 6 Amy Loogatha Nyinyilki, 2008 - #1051-19 103 x 85 cm Acrylic on Belgian linen... $1,500.00 Artist Statement: "Nyinyilki is a freshwater spring in the south-east of Bentinck Island. Our Elders decided that this was where we settled after the government gave us back our land rights and it’s also called Main Base or Raft Point. See more

18.01.2022 A little farewell function for some wonderful teachers leaving soon, with a backdrop of some MIART.

17.01.2022 Dance teachers dance

15.01.2022 Netta Loogatha has just completed this major work, "My Own Home, My Country, Bilmee"

13.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 3 Betty Williams and John Williams The Rat and The Squid, 2020 - #51ab-20 91 x 121.5 cm Acrylic on Belgian linen... $5,000.00 Artist statement: "One day a rat went down to the sea-side and he could see an island, not very far away. He thought and thought about how he could get across to that island. A squid came along and said 'What's on your mind rat?' The rat told him he'd like to go across to the island but he didn't know how to get there. The old squid scratched his head and then said: 'Rat, I think I could take you there - you'd better jump on my back and I'll swim with you, across to that island.' So the rat jumped onto the squid's back and away they went. But the swell gradually increased more and more, and every time it came it brushed all the whiskers back from the squid's mouth and head. The old rat laughed every time it happened, and when the squid ask, 'what are you laughing at?' The rat kept saying 'Nothing, nothing funny.' Anyway, they went ashore then and started to make a fire with fire sticks, then they sat down to have a meal. Rat then asked the squid, 'do you want to know what I was laughing at? It's because every time the swell came it brushed your whiskers right back!' So the squid picked up his spear and speared the rat right in the backside, and that's how the rat got his tail - through the spear. That old rat then picked up a piece of charcoal and hit the squid right on the back, and that's how the squid got his black ink!" See more

12.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 5 Betty Williams Blue Fish Ngerrawurn, 2018 - #136-18 90 x 150 cm Acrylic on canvas... $1,250.00 Artist Statement: Ngerrawurn means blue fish or parrot fish in our language. This is good tucker. See more

12.01.2022 A beautiful Amanda Gabori work on paper in its new home with a Brisbane family.

11.01.2022 End of year school concert @Mornington Island State School

09.01.2022 End of year school concert Mornington Island State School

07.01.2022 Watching Mornington Island Dancers in Dance Rites 2020

06.01.2022 End of year concert Mornington Island State School

05.01.2022 ... and Farewell

05.01.2022 Feature Painting of the Week 4 Dorothy Gabori Love Rocks, 2020 - #180-20 88 x 119 cm Acrylic on Belgian linen... $1,750.00 Artist Statement: "When a woman wants to catch a certain man we collect these rocks to make charms so that he is attracted to us." See more

05.01.2022 Call Frances on 0408 198 237 at Save the Children to arrange transport if needed.

04.01.2022 Sharing food on the last studio day of 2020 and looking forward to a restful and peaceful and creative break before we see what 2021 has in store for us!

02.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK 2020 Witness the powerful Mornington Island dancers as they combine their traditional customs, language and culture to perform their sacre...d ancient dances. The North West Hospital and Health Service wishes to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our health services stand, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and future. #NAIDOCWEEK2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

01.01.2022 Feature Work on Paper of the Week 1 John Williams The Mermaid and the Unseen People, 2019 - #1077-19 76 x 67 cm Acrylic on Arches paper... $750.00 Artist statement: Long ago the people of Birri, our Great Grandfather, told many stories of this land. This story is about the Mermaid and the Unseen People of Boorwa Hill. It is a legend about the Unseen People. So if you go to this part of land you have got to be quiet and no making noise or swearing. And the story goes you've got to be very quiet when travelling through Boorwa Hill. But when you go through there you gotta take the owners of the Country because they speak the language of the Unseen People. And another thing, you will get lost maybe for nights or days. As for the mermaid the same thing will happen to you, she'll lead you astray. The meaning of this story, you gotta respect this part of land because we believe they are here, they protect this land it is a spiritual Country to us. See more