Mary Meribida

Yulparija Language Group

Cotton Creek 2005

60 x 60cm

Acrylic on canvas

Ref No: BID3293

My country is Illyara. This is where I was born. This is when it is wet season and water fills the country. I travelled around this place as a young woman walking through the tali (sand dunes) collecting mayi (bushfood) with my mother. It is camel and dingo country.
Mary was born circa 1930.