SID BRUCE SHORT JOE - Pormpuraaw Art Centre | 'Dogs Barking at Corellas' | Etching Edition:4/40 During school breaks my grandparents

During school breaks my grandparents would take us walk about in country

being so beautiful that she did no work and sat all day long on a (wakuniaingawakaz) fine mat

'Crockee's Country' Written and illustrated by Sasi Victorie

making noise

Fishing at Double Stone

SID BRUCE SHORT JOE - Pormpuraaw Art Centre | 'Dogs Barking at Corellas' | Etching Edition:4/40 During school breaks my grandparentsDogs barking at corollas was inspired by life in Pormpuraaw. There is no shortage of corollas in town. Their call can be heard everywhere. They can form a giant white cloud made of hundreds of individual birds. They land in large trees and then strip it if all its leaves and small branches. Pormpuraaw is also blessed with many dogs. There are more dogs than people with each family easily having 5 or more. Our dogs and corollas have a rivalry. Dogs