Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Wayne and Vicki McGeoch. National Museum of Australia
Artist Tracy Yates of the Karimarra skin group was born in Warakurna and spent her childhood there. As one of the younger artists in the community, Yates is keen to create works of Warakurna.
Strong family and kinship structures can be found within the Warakurna community. In this painting, Yates has depicted her community from the sky looking down – this perspective can be seen in numerous Aboriginal paintings.
Questions
Roads and a roundabout are visible, but without a legend or map key, how can you tell what they are?
What other landmarks can you see?
Based on Yates’s painting, where could the community come together in Warakurna?
Tracy Yates
Born 1978, Karimarra skin group
Tracy Yates was born and grew up in Warakurna.
As a child, she would often go on bush trips with her parents, brothers and sisters.
Yates is one of a group of younger artists keen to be part of the dynamic Warakurna art scene.
