Violet Valley 'Place of Stones' | Barney Ellaga The women shake the trees

The women shake the trees to make the plums fall to the ground

and her country at Kintore approx 530km west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

On display at Sofitel Brisbane Central

The Bush Plum

a significant ceremonial site at Lake MacKay in the Central Australian desert

Violet Valley 'Place of Stones' | Barney Ellaga The women shake the treesYear: 2011 Size: 61 x 92cm earth ochre on canvas Shirley Purdie is a senior Gija artist from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Using ochres collected on her own country, her work draws on traditional stories passed down to her and she depicts sites associated with her ancestral country. Violet Valley (Baula Wah) is Mum and Dads community just near my Community, Norton Bore. A tributary of the Ord runs all year round through this country.