Figures
1.2Map showing the location of west Arnhem Land and key townships
2.1Firearm featuring the use of laundry blue, Awunbarna (Mt Borradaile) in west Arnhem Land
2.2Rock art featuring laundry blue, Awunbarna (Mt Borradaile) in west Arnhem Land
2.3Gabriel Maralngurra with his first attempt at using laundry blue as part of his artwork in 2019
2.5An example of hand stencils from the Walkarr shelter, Kakadu National Park
2.6Dynamic Figure rock art from Burrungkuy area, Kakadu National Park
2.7Example of an early Holocene art tradition, Northern Running Figures, west Arnhem Land
2.8Barramundi fish painted using X-ray technique, Injalak Hill, west Arnhem Land
2.9A European boat with a dinghy painted by Charlie Whittaker at Nanguluwurr, Kakadu National Park
3.1The rock-shelter where Quilp (Yilari Balalaman) painted his horse
3.3Detail of the horse scene from the west Arnhem Land rock-shelter
3.4A scene of AmaTola raiders from the Underberg region, southern Africa
3.6Paddy Cahill and Quilp (Yilari Balalaman) on horseback with other Aboriginal members of the buffalo shooting team, early 1900s
3.8Artists from Injalak Arts relocating Quilp’s painted horse in its location north-east of Gunbalanya, west Arnhem Land. Front row from left to right: Craig Bangarr, Roland Gurruwiwi, Shaun Namarnyilk, and Christopher Galaminda; in the back, pointing at Quilp’s horse: Kenneth Mangiru. Missing in the photograph is Gabriel Maralngurra
4.1The Warlkarr rock-shelter in Kakadu National Park, west Arnhem Land
4.2The painted boat in the Warlkarr rock-shelter in west Arnhem Land with ‘NARLIM’ written on the side. Narlim’s hand stencil is likely the large one to the left of the boat
4.3A scene of white-painted words and figures in the Warlkarr rock-shelter
4.4Two hand stencils superimposed by writings in the Warlkarr rock-shelter; one of a child or young adolescent with the letter ‘D’ in red, another with ‘NABABUK’ written in white
4.5Rock art in the Hawk Dreaming area in Kakadu National Park with aeroplane and kangaroo and written word ‘KANGAROO’
4.6Rock art at Djulirri in the Wellington Range featuring numbers among other white figures
4.8Men gathered for ceremony following a burial, c. 1926. Nipper Marakarra is pictured centre; Narlim is the fourth man from the right looking down at the ground
4.10‘NT bush letter carrier’, photograph by Edward Reichenbach, c. 1910
4.11Children from a range of age groups during a class at Oenpelli Mission 1927
4.12The Warlkarr rock-shelter. Narlim’s boat and hand stencil is found in the centre of the photograph, the panel with ‘Darwin’, ‘NAPYM’, ‘STO’, ‘Pig’, and ‘NABABUK’ and the alphabet (see Figure 4.3) to the left
4.13Paintings created by Narlim at Ubirr in Kakadu National Park featuring a person with firearms
5.1The Anbangbang shelter at Burrungkuy in Kakadu National Park, west Arnhem Land
5.2Photograph from the late 1950s showing Molly (Josie’s mother), Josie, her father Djimongurr, her brother Namandali, Nayombolmi (wearing a hat), and other people staying at Anlarrh in today’s Kakadu National Park
5.3Josie Maralngurra in 2019. She is standing in front of some paintings of fish her father created in 1964 in the Nanguluwurr rock-shelter, Kakadu National Park
5.4Stephanie Djandjul, Josie Maralngurra, Christine Nabobbob, and Priscilla Badari at the Nanguluwurr rock art site in 2019
6.1Two Leg Rock, Daphnie Baljur and Billy Miargu with their youngest daughter, Linda Biyalwanga
6.2Billy Miargu and Daphnie Baljur’s family visiting Two Leg Rock, 2 June 2019. From left to right: Julie Blawgur, Linda Biyalwanga, Linda’s daughter Ruby Djandjomerr, Linda’s granddaughter Keena Djandjomerr (sitting on the ledge), Julie’s daughter Syanne Naborlhborlh, and Joanne Sullivan
6.3‘Ubarr Ceremonial Kangaroo’, bark painting by Thompson Yulidjirri
6.4Top: ‘Two buffalo’ panel with the northernmost paintings at Djarrng as it was in 1979. Bottom: Digital tracing by Aila Shane Sambo and Andrea Jalandoni of the Djarrng ‘two buffalo’ panel
6.7Gabriel Maralngurra and his ‘History on the Rocks’ collection
