Author/Photographer Penny Tweedie’s twenty year relationship with the people of Arnhem Land has given her unparalleled access into their lives and culture

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Blue Lace Agate: A pale blue semi-precious stone with delicate banding

Shirley Purdie - Ngaginybe Jarragbe - My Story bar soap Author/Photographer Penny Tweedie’s twenty yearThis is my story Ngayin ga Birrmarriyan nga Berrembi jarragbe ngaginybe. My mother shows me how to get bushtucker and she shows me how to paint. Now I'm a famous artist. My paintings are all over the world hanging in important places. Happy times. Told in English and Gija, this is the story of Shirley Purdie, famous Gija artist, as told through her paintings, as part of the Ngaalim Ngalimboorro Ngagenybe exhibition created for the 2018 National