In our ‘dhurga’ language muriyira is whale and djiraali means blood.. When I was at Twofold Bay learning the colonial history of the area, I was deeply saddened of the fact that many whales were slaughtered there at that beach where we were. I think of how our ancestors only took what was needed. At the whaling station our men had to work to survive and unfortunately rounding up the whales at Twofold Bay, Eden, around the headland is where our people held the whale ceremony. So the painting represents the blood of the whales seeped into the sand.
In our ‘dhurga’ language muriyira is whale and djiraali means blood.. When I was at Twofold Bay learning the colonial history of the area, I was deeply saddened of the fact that many whales were slaughtered there at that beach where we were. I think of how our ancestors only took what was needed. At the whaling station our men had to work to survive and unfortunately rounding up the whales at Twofold Bay, Eden, around the headland is where our people held the whale ceremony. So the painting represents the blood of the whales seeped into the sand.
