Long Maggie Nakamarra White, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), 61x30cm

• Artist - Long Maggie Nakamarra White
• Community - Yuendumu  
• Art Centre/Community organisation - Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation  
• Catalogue number - 4592/09 
• Materials - Acrylic on canvas  
• Size(cm) - H61 W30 D2
• Postage variants - Artwork posted un-stretched and rolled for safe shipping

This Jukurrpa comes from Wapurtali, Mt. Singleton, west of Yuendumu. The short dahes represent mungkurdu - clouds, and the flowing lines are ngawarra - flooded waters. A kangaroo was cooked at a place called Jalkirri. The smoke from the fire formed milpirri (small clouds) and it began to rain. A giant storm formed and travelled from the south over Mikanji where it rained so hard it created a hole in the ground which became a soakage. At Mirrawarri a bird picked up the storm and carried it on its wings to the west until it became too heavy for it and it had to drop it on the ground. The small circles depict mukiju - water soakages and the lines are river beds. This story belongs to Nakamarra/Napurrula and Jakamarra/Jupurrurla skin groups.

Long Maggie Nakamarra White, so named because of her tall and slim stature, was born c. 1930 in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs. Maggie grew up there with her family. She was a widow, with one married daughter, who lives in Alice Springs with her husband. She started painting in 1987 at Warlukurlangu Artists, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre in Yuendumu. She painted several dreamings including Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Seed Grass Dreaming), Karnta Jukurrpa (Womens Dreaming), Pamapardu Jukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming), Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) and Jardiwanpa Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming). Maggie used to go hunting with the other women from Yuendumu, visiting her country at Mijirlparnta (Mission Creek), and watching AFL games, both live and on television.

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