DOLLY LOOGATHA | ‘Thundi’ (3) | Painting / acrylic on belgium linen | 40.5 h x 51 w cm Mark Simmons Image size: 176mm x 122mm

Image size: 176mm x 122mm

Fine Art & Photography via the Queensland College of Art - Griffith University

"Ngurruwarra means stone fish trap in our language

It was our ancestors' beliefs that Mawa provided these fruits

and continues to draw the places

DOLLY LOOGATHA | ‘Thundi’ (3) | Painting / acrylic on belgium linen | 40.5 h x 51 w cm Mark Simmons Image size: 176mm x 122mm"I was only a small child when our people were brought to Mornington Island and forced to live in the mission. I grew up in the dormitory like all the other children. My father King Alfred was killed when I was only a baby so I was really grown up by the missionaries. It was hard, they were cruel to us if we were naughty and would lock us up or cut our hair really short. As I grew into a young woman I went and worked on lots of cattle stations around