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Kangaroo Tailby Mary Rumble PitjaraThe kangaroo has been historically a source of food for Australian Aboriginal people for thousands of years. The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara people of Central Australia call kangaroo "malu". They use malu mainly for meat (kuka) but other uses include materials for spear making. The Kangaroo is an important totem species. There are many Dreamtime stories of the Marlu . |
ArtistMary Rumble Pitjara was born in 1957 at Utopia in central Australia. Mary's auntie Gloria Petyarre and Gracie Morton Pwerle taught her to paint on canvas and over time Mary has developed her own style. Mary's depictions are of bush medicine bush tucker and Awelye (body paint design) referring to her country. |
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