Priscilla Major, Pukun Kolpon

Priscilla Major, Pukun KolponPriscilla Major (Pukun Kolpon Blady Grass) Acrylic on Canvas 40. 5 x 51 x 3. 5cm Old stories tell us that this is a place where women come to give birth, and newborns immediately form a connection with the land. This grass is known as Blady grass, and in our Kokoberra language, Pukun Kolpon. This grass holds great sacred significance for my community. Men should avoid hunting in this area; they must go to another location to stay clear of the grass.

At certain times of the year we pick different fruits like Bush Cherry for their sweet-sour crunchy taste

A pregnant woman

Sounds of AustraNesia celebrates the unique diversity of multi-cultural Cairns

On the many trips between Cooya Beach and Gimuy (Cairns)

Throughout the process

The designs around the croc are Yidinji designs

and to the quiet

Step back in and just keep swimming

Paul won the Premier’s award for Excellence at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2021

It was after my twenties that I learned the art of crafting traditional Headreeser

Coastal people have tight curly hair

the fish go upriver to feed