Callitris View of Lake Mungo
$1,100.00
‘Callitris View of Lake Mungo’
Paakantji, Mutthi Mutthi, and Ngiyampaa
Gidja Walker
acrylic and sand on board
30 x 30cm
This Callitris tree stands at the edge of lake mungo looking over to the great wall of china –
a feature created by the overgrazing of stock leading to erosion and exposure of the ancient
remains of a woman and a man.
My first sight of this place was in my early teens, with my family including the dog, squashed in the holden heading for a fishing trip to an old camp on the darling river. My blind grandfather was directing which lead us coming onto dusk in the middle of nowhere… with red kangaroos hopping in front of the car and my dad swearing. We finally made it out to the highway but I never forgot the sight of that desolate landscape.
Travelling there recently with new eyes and new understanding, it made more sense… why it looks that way.
And the long, long story from when it was a lush flourishing wetland with enough water and
food to sustain a large community before climate change.
I sit by this old Callitris and wonder what its seen and what its ancestors saw.
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