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This beautiful and bright drawstring bag is the perfect addition to your Australian gift for your overseas VIP.
It features the work of Watson Robertson from Warlukurlangu Artists.
Artwork may vary from bag-to-bag – each one is unique.
Select 'Gift Wrap your order' at checkout and we'll personalise your perfect present with luxury paper and ribbon ($5.95)*.
This includes a hand wrap of your special order and 1 x complimentary gift tag - simply leave your message at checkout. Alternatively if you’d like a larger, more luxurious Australian greeting card, you can choose from our range here and we'll write on that for you.
*Please note that your entire order will be gift wrapped as one gift if you select this option
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$20.00 - Express Delivery
We offer a premium express delivery service that is generally cheaper than sending yourself with AU Post, and have a guaranteed delivery policy (see here). For more info on International delivery see here:
Please note all logistics providers in Australia and overseas are experiencing delays to normal delivery timelines.
This is due to both the drastic reduction in commercial flights that would otherwise carry your gifts; as well as the huge spike in volume across all networks as everyone shops more online.
There’s never been a better time to send some love across the oceans to cure a homesick heart or to send warmth to friends, family, or overseas business contacts.
We can confirm we are still successfully sending parcels within Australia as well as to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong as of the date of this update.
There’s a few changes where ALL couriers and postal delivery services in Australia and overseas are doing whatever they can to keep their staff safe.
This means that parcels will be left on front doorsteps or porches without human or other unnecessary contact including
You will still be sent tracking details for all deliveries and if you are concerned, we suggest you follow the real-time tracking and notfiy the recipient when your gift is delivered.
As of this update, all parcels that have been sent have been received, on average, 4-6 working days from date of dispatch (overseas express service); 1-2 days from date of dispatch (Australia Post express for delivery in Australia); or 3-10 days for normal standard Australia Post.
Please also be aware we have increased diligence on the way we pack and send your parcels, including applying disinfectant to goods and our packers hands; and minimising contact in our warehouse. This means orders take longer to pack, and there may be delays to our normal dispatch turnarounds.
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We have been working with UPS Express International and DHL Express as our trusted carriers to successfully delivery your gifts overseas for many years.
They are making choices at this time about what is the fastest and safest way to get your parcels to their destination given there is a global pandemic; cancelled commercial flights on which some of your parcels may have been carried; different restrictions per country; and a high volume in the network at this time. Routes may change on a daily basis and are outside our control.
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We thank you for your patience in these stressful times.
0.2 kg
Proudly made in Australia
Type: Bags
Watson Jangala Robertson was born in 1976 in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community located 290km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Watson was born into a family of established Warlpiri artists – who would take him out bush, around Nyirrip an dYuendumu, showing him sites and teaching him the traditional ways of his country.
He attended the local school and for the past few years has been living in Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community 130kms north-west of Yuendumu.
In 2016, he began painting with the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art cetnre located in Yuendumu and Nyirripi.
He paints his Mother’s Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming) and his grandfather’s Ngapa Jukurrpa – Puyurru (water Dreaming); stories passed down to him through the many generations.
These stories are creation stories that relate to his family’s traditional country, traditions that stretch back for millenia.
He uses an unrestricted palette to depict his traditional iconography, at the same time developing a modern individualist style, using bold designs in a variety of contexts.
In 2017 he also produced a small number of prints.
Food and bush tucker are still regularly hunted and collected today, and Watson often goes out hunting with family and friends.
When hunting, they hunt for goanna, kangaroo, snake, and witchetty grubs as well as bush tucker, such as native currants, bush potato and bush banana.
The site depicted in this painting is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek beds are ‘mulju’ (soakages), or naturally occurring wells. The ‘kirda’ (owners) for this site are Nangala / Nampijinpa women and Jangala / Jampijinpa men.
Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. The storm travelled across the country from east to west, initially traveling with a ‘pamapardu Jukurrpa’ (termite Dreaming) from Warntungurru to Warlura, a waterhole 8 miles east of Yuendumu.
At Warlura, a gecko called Yumariyumari blew the storm on to Lapurrukurra and Wilpiri. Bolts of lightening shot out at Wirnpa (also called Mardinymardinypa) and at Kanaralji. At this point, the Dreaming track also includes the ‘kurdukurdu mangkurdu Jukurrpa’ (children of the clouds Dreaming).
The water Dreaming built hills at Ngamangama using baby clouds and also stuck long pointy clouds into the ground at Jukajuka, where they can still be seen today as rock formations.
The termite Dreaming eventually continued west to Nyirripi, a community approximately 160km west of Yuendumu.
The water Dreaming then travelled from teh south over Mikanji, a watercourse with soakages north west of Yuendumu.
At Mikanji, the storm was picked up by a ‘kirrkarlanji’ (brown falcon) and taken farther north. At Puyurru, the falcon dug up a giant ‘warnayarra’ (rainbow serpent). The serpent carried water with it to create another large lake, Jillyiumpa, close to an outstation in this country.
The ‘kirda’ (owners) of this story are Jangala men and Nangala women.
After stopping at Puyurru, the water Dreaming travelled through other locations including Yalyarilalku, Mikilyparnta, Katalpi, Lungkardajarra, Jirawarnpa, Kamira, Yurrunjuku, and Jikaya before moving on into Gurindji country to the north.
In contemporary Walpiri paintings, traditional iconography is used to represent the ‘Jukurrpa’ (Dreaming).
Short dashes are often used to represent ‘mangkurdu’ (cumulus and stratocumulus clouds), and longer, flowing lines represent ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters).
Small circles are used to depict ‘mulju’ (soakages) and river bed.
Made in Australia, with royalties directly benefiting Teddy Gibson and his community – www.warlu.com
