This artwork depicts Bush Melons, which grew once in abundance, but now days it is difficult to find at Atnwengerrp the artists homeland.

The Bush Melon is a sweet fruit, which grows on a very small bush. The Aboriginal women gathered the bush melon fruit, the surplus was skewed and dried, to be eaten when bush tucker was scarce.

Betty Mbitjana inherited this Dreaming from her late mother Minnie Pwerle

If you would like to know more about Bush Melons and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• Utopia Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert