7 AM 7925/11
Bill Harney Kardi (Lily Pond) Dreaming 2011
Natural ochre & pigment on canvas 480 x 580mm SOLD
Janarun, the egret, and Lorunmun, the crane, and the area was from Janaray. They had a big ceremony with all different
bird people, Jabiru and Diamond Dove and Heron. They was singing and dancing and all those fish people come ? bream,
bony bream, rifle fish, perches, catfish, barramundi. Then Diamond Dove and rainbow Lorikeet and Redwing parrot were
the wife of little bat Nalamingming. The old Rainbow (Serpent) come. The Long Tailed Pheasant had the didgeridoo and
Butcher Bird come along with the clap sticks. She was the singer. Rainbow started blowing didgeridoo and Little Bat and
others were dancing. The Butcher Bird was singing and didgeridoo sound when the Rainbow was blowing attracted
Rainbow Lorikeet and Redwing Parrot and fell in love with Rainbow. The Bat was dancing and showing them all the tricks.

The sound of the didgeridoo encouraged the two girls. When they was finished they went to sleep. The two girls went
across and woke old Rainbow up and ran away with him ? place called Guglenny. They came across to another place
called area where boiling water bubbling up is today ? Flora River. When they woke up Little Bat look around for his two
wives and they were gone and start tracking them. But the Old Catfish went across and found old Rainbow and brought
them back with the two wives to where they were sitting. They were singing and Rainbow kept playing didgeridoo. Then
Little Bat arrived leading a spear with his toe and he joined the dance. The girls didn?t have anything to do with him and the

ceremony, knocked off singing. And everyone was going to bed and Little Bat went out and he made a little fire with his fire

stick. He pulled the hair from his waist and he lit the small fire and he was singing and put the hair in the fire and the little
smoke came up and he was dancing. He had a Bulbul (hair string) in his hand. Fanning and dancing that smoke and smoke
went to tell the people where they were sleeping. It hypnotised them and he went closer and sang out real loud. Nobody
heard him. He picked up his spear and he speared old Rainbow right through the heart and killed him. Big noise woke
everybody up ? the big blood jumped up. That?s where the big whirlpool is today. That?s when they started all the big fight.


All the fish people were fighting with the bird people. Because everyone was shouting but little fish called Bony Bream
raced across and jumped and same time crane had his mouth open and he went in through his throat. Little bone stuck in his

throat. That?s why he called Janarai today. He makes hat Kaa Kaa ? tries to spit him out. Right at the Kardi (lilypond)
place.
That?s it ? big story! (Dictated by Bill Harney to Euan Hills at Brisbane airport 11 October 2009)