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Read • Education Resource: ‘Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori: Dulka Warngiid – Land of All’
This retrospective of the work of the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori celebrates the life of the senior Kaiadilt artist from Bentinck Island in Queensland … -
Read • Ancestral storys and personal history overlap in Sally Gabori’s art
The overwhelming majority of Mirdidinkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori’s paintings focused on Dibirdibi Country, the Country associated with the Rock Cod Ancestor, and of her … -
Read • Visit Makarrki, Sally Gabori’s brother’s country
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori lived an entirely traditional life for her first 23 years, moving between her family’s main homeland sites and living according … -
Read • Explore Sally Gabori’s world
The world of the late Bentinck Island artist and senior Kaiadilt woman Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (b.c.1924-2015) is explored in our interactive … -
Read • Gain an insight into Sally Gabori’s painting technique
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori’s instinct for colour and composition approaches abstraction while conveying a deep connection to her important places and family. This is … -
Read • Sally Gabori paints her grandfather’s country
Like so many great artists Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori — senior Kaiadilt artist from Bentinck Island in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia — excelled at painting … -
Read • Why is an outstation on Bentinck Island important to Sally Gabori?
Nyinyilki sits on the south-eastern coast of Bentinck Island and is home to a large permanent freshwater lagoon. Following the Kaiadilt Land Rights battles … -
Read • Sally Gabori paints her father’s country
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori’s depictions of her homeland are abstract in nature, but retain representational elements which map traditional country and cultural identity in … -
Read • Sally Gabori’s Mirdidingki: My Country
In Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori’s paintings places and people are inseparable, stemming from the Kaiadilt tradition of naming people through association with the place … -
Read • Sally Gabori’s Dulka Warngiid – Land of All
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori was born around 1924 near a small creek on the southern side of Bentinck Island, in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria … -
Read • Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori: Dulka Warngiid – Land of all
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori had close to a century of stories to tell by the time she passed away — stories of a traditional life lived … -
Read • Sally Gabori’s Country and her home
The fascinating career of the late Bentinck Island artist and senior Kaiadilt woman Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924–2015) is explored in a retrospective …