The white dots depicted in this artwork represents the eggs of the Budgerigar nesting in between the tall spinifex grass. The Budgerigar Dreaming is a significant ancestral Dreamtime story , which recounts the ancestral birds flight path along the Lander river system, creating important sites.

The Budgerigar is the symbol of the love-bird to Aboriginal people of this region. Their iconography is the universal language of love.

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

• Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• Aboriginal Spirituality