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Lot 289

Mick Jawalji
(born circa 1919)
Bedarremberay, 2007

3 December 2025, 14:00 AEDT
Sydney

AU$2,500 - AU$3,500

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Mick Jawalji (born circa 1919)

Bedarremberay, 2007
natural ochre pigments on plywood
80.0 x 60.0cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8in).

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PROVENANCE
Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek (cat. 064-07)
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2007

EXHIBITED
New Legend, Recent Paintings from the Kimberley, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 6 - 30 March 2007, cat. 22


Bedarremberay is a place on Clean Pocket Creek in the western part of Gija country.

On the way to Tableland station the Traine River crosses the road. A little way north of the road Wuljaran, or Clean Skin Pocket Creek runs into the Traine River. This is not far from a place called Afghan camp. If you follow Wuljaran upstream from this junction you come to a place called Bedarremberay. Bedarr is a type of lizard with a rasp tail. There are two sharp stones, one of either side of Clean Skin Pocket Creek. These are two Bedarr lizards that turned into stone in the Dreamtime. On the painting you can see a stone on either side, and the creek running through the middle.

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