AM 295/02 Katie Cox Daiwul Ngarrangkarni - Barramundi Dreaming 2002
Natural ochre & pigment on canvas 120 x 90 cm SOLD

In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) three women were chasing Daiwul (the barramundi).  They tried to trap her with spinifex nets.  This is a traditional method of fishing where ngirring (river spinifex) is rolled in the water forming a net.   However, Daiwul was too clever for the women and jumped through the net and over the hill behind Bow River. She landed in the water leading into Cattle Creek. As she cleared the hil, she scrapped her under belly on the hill causing her scales to lift and scatter the country. As she jumped over the hill,  a great crack in the hill line appeared where she scraped past. This place has always been referred to as  Barramundi Dreaming.  The women gave up and walked to a place called Kowinji (Cattle Creek) where they turned into rocks. You can still see them there today as rocks.