Djiraali Muriyira

200 x 150cm
Acrylic on canvas

Djiraali means blood, Muriyira is whale. When I was at Twofold Bay learning the history of the area, I was deeply saddened of the fact that many whales were slaughtered there at that beach where we were. I think of how our ancestors only took what was needed. Then once white man came and started the whaling station our men had to work to survive and unfortunately rounding up the whales at Twofold Bay, Eden, around the headland is where our people held the whale ceremony. So the painting represents the whales that were killed.