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• Artist: Jessica Lloyd
• Title: Two Nans 
• Size: 106cm x 114cm
• Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
• Region: Mullewa, WA.   Broome, WA

Due to the large size of this piece, shipping is $175 to capital cities within Australia. If insurance is required, please email info@aboriginalbushtraders.com to arrange payment. 

2 Nannas & the Emu Nest/The Giant Emu in the Sky

My nanna always shows me how the stars tell us about the life of the emu. By Looking at the giant emu in the sky she can tell when it is mating season and when the male emus are sitting on the eggs. This story is during the cooler months (June/July) when the male emus are sitting on the eggs.

Nanna and nanna Edie were young girls and one afternoon they spotted a big emu nest while riding their bikes through the bush. Leaving their bikes they sneaked their way through the scrubs looking out for the male emu. With nanna Edie on lookout making sure the emu wasn't around nanna Faye slowly crawled to the nest, using her hands to feel for eggs. One at a time she reached for the eggs (she could only carry 2). She crawled back to nanna Edie rushing back to their bikes as it was now late in the afternoon. The family got worried for them as it was getting really dark and when they got back to their family, they got into big trouble.

Pop Jonathon is my nanna’s brother. When pop Jonathon lived with us (my mum, dad, my sisters and me) he also taught us about the giant emu in the sky. Pop Jonathon calls our mum his daughter and us girls are his grannies. Pop Jonathon is a Ngangkari, a desert healer and the giant emu in the sky is his totem. He gave us his story and taught us to paint all the different parts of the story, even how to paint the leaves of the giant tree and the spears.

When my great nanna, nanna lily, was pregnant she was eating emu with her family, and she became very sick. Soon after pop Jonathon was born and he was born with a large round birth mark on his shoulder, right where the spear had killed the emu. That is why nanna lily was sick and could not eat the emu and this is why the giant emu is pop Jonathon’s totem.

In the dreaming, a giant emu travelled through the country eating the people. To kill the giant emu a magic warrior made his special spears and he put on his head band and body paint. He left with his dingo and went looking for the giant emu. When he found where the emu was living, he hid in the only large tree that he could find and waited for the emu to walk past. The warrior killing the giant emu and the emus blood turned into a river before soaking into the ground and turning into gold. The giant emu’s body turned into the hills and mountains, and his spirit went up to the sky in the milky way, where we can still see him today.

• Artist: Natasha Lloyd
• Title: Banksia at Kalbarri
• Size: 92cm x 65cm
• Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
• Region: Mullewa, WA and Broome, WA

The Banksia of Kalbarri holds a deep and steady place in my heart. To me, it is more than a flower — it is a living echo of Nhunda Country in Western Australia, the land my mother’s ancestors walked long before me.

From childhood, I’ve been drawn to the banksia flower — its strength, its form, and the way it stands resilient against the coastal winds.

This painting is shaped by the pink salt lakes, the softly glowing pink skies, and the winding Murchison River that cuts through the Kalbarri region, where the banksia grows along the rugged escarpment. Those colours — gentle, warm, and quietly powerful — have lived in my memory, carrying the feeling of standing on Nhunda Country at dusk as the land shifts into evening light. Creating this work is my way of honouring that place and the significance it holds.

The painting carries the tender pink hues of Kalbarri — the skies at dusk, the shimmering salt lakes, the calm flow of the Murchison River, and that warm, glowing stillness that lingers over the land.

• Artist: Faye Parriman, Natasha Lloyd, Celina Lloyd, Leticia Lloyd, Jessica Lloyd
• Title: Beyond Everlasting Ugudungu
• Size: 152cm x 145cm
• Medium: Acrylic on Canvas 
• Region: Mullewa WA

Due to the large size of this piece, shipping is $200 to capital cities within Australia. If insurance is required, please email info@aboriginalbushtraders.com to arrange payment.