Kununurra Aboriginal Art

A selection of paintings showing the styles from this Aboriginal art region - some paintings may still be available for sale, while some may have been sold.

 

Burndown Yard by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Burndown Yard

Jap 012910  |  ochre pigments on canvas  |  120 x 90 cm

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Orso Yard- Texas by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Orso Yard- Texas

Jap 006426  |  ochre on canvas  |  120 x 90 cm

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Mulinyari – Lightning by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Mulinyari – Lightning

Jap 020700  |  ochre on canvas  |  80 x 60 cm

Mule Creek Waterhole – Bow River by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Mule Creek Waterhole – Bow River

Jap 018276  |  ochre on linen  |  150 x 270 cm triptych

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Lightning over Dabaruny Springs by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Lightning over Dabaruny Springs

Jap 019538  |  ochre on linen  |  160 x 120 cm

Biganinny Gorge by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Biganinny Gorge

Jap 020699  |  ochre on board  |  80 x 60 cm

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Texas- Purnululu Side by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Texas- Purnululu Side

Jap 006339  |  ochre on canvas  |  60 x 60 cm

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Mule Creek Waterhole, Bow River by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Mule Creek Waterhole, Bow River

Jap 020855  |  ochre on linen   |  150 x 100 cm

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North of Speewah by Tommy Carroll

Tommy Carroll  |  North of Speewah

Jap 000980  |  ochre on canvas  |  125 x 90 cm

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Brumby Yard – Bow River by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Brumby Yard – Bow River

Jap 018518  |  ochre on linen  |  120 x 90 cm

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Goolarbool Dreaming by Tommy Carroll

Tommy Carroll  |  Goolarbool Dreaming

Jap 008026  |  ochre on canvas  |  91 x 61 cm

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Pipe Creek, Lissadell by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Pipe Creek, Lissadell

Jap 018520  |  ochre & acrylic on canvas  |  90 x 60 cm

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Warabuny Gorge by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Warabuny Gorge

Jap 018275  |  ochre on canvas  |  100 x 100 cm

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Adavale by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Adavale

Jap 005852  |  ochre on canvas  |  150 x 90 cm

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Four Mile Plain – Bow River by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Four Mile Plain – Bow River

Jap 018274  |  ochre on canvas  |  50 x 50 cm

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Elbow Hole – Spring Creek by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Elbow Hole – Spring Creek

Jap 012538  |  ochre on linen  |  140 x 90 cm

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Jack Baddens Creek by Freddie Timms

Freddie Timms  |  Jack Baddens Creek

Jap 012909  |  ochre pigments on canvas  |  120 x 90 cm

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Kununurra is a town in the far north of Western Australia, located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region, approximately 37 kilometres from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was established in 1961 to service the Ord River Irrigation scheme, and is the largest town in the East Kimberley. The population varies seasonally, from 7000 to 10,000 in the dry season. Kununurra is located on the Aboriginal ancestral lands of Miriwoong people, and it is likely that the name Kununurra derives from the Miriwoong name for the waters around the Ord River.

Lake Kununurra is the flooded section of the Ord River valley, which had been a ten kilometre long waterhole held back by the natural rock barrier. This became the site of the Ord River Diversion Dam, the large water resource that feeds the Ord River Irrigation Area, initially about 750 square kilometres of land. In 1968 the second stage of the scheme began, building of the Ord River Main Dam, which holds back the waters of Lake Argyle.

Kununurra is the main service centre for many Aboriginal communities and outstations in the East Kimberley, and is home to Waringarri Aboriginal Art centre and a number of private galleries and studios where local Aboriginal artists work. Most of the Aboriginal art from the region utilises natural ochre materials, and stylistically there is the strong influence of the east Kimberley, combined with Aboriginal rock art heritage from the west nearer Kalumburu.

Further information is available on exhibiting artists on the following links

Freddie Timms
Jock Mosquito
June Peters