CHRISTINE HOLROYD | 'My Grandma Body Paint' | Print Edition:17/40 "Red cotton tree wapudth on

"Red cotton tree wapudth on the ground being ready too fall down on the ground from back burning and there can be big pieces laying on the ground chopped and diced with the red flower flying in the air which indicates that dry season is nearly here

In the sense

Moegu kuth mineral muynu koey waru agunu thonar tidayk

an initiative of the Australian

1955 (Thursday Island)

CHRISTINE HOLROYD | 'My Grandma Body Paint' | Print Edition:17/40 "Red cotton tree wapudth on"My name is Christine Holroyd. I am a Kugu and Thaayorre woman. My ancestors connect me to this place. I speak 4 Indigenous languages, and English. My people have been here forever. My father is Wik Iiyanh (fresh water people) from the Upper Holroyd River. My mother is Kugu Munhin (salt water people) from north Holroyd River. Both my parents were born in the bush. My dad worked in the stockyard before he met my mum. He worked as a drover for no wages