MEREDITH ARKWOOKERUM | ‘Ku’a Avoiding a Ngache’ | Etching Edition:7/40 A mystical spirit of fire

A mystical spirit of fire

Zey (South)

is on the right hand side of the tail showing that we are a hunting culture

Glen Mackie (Kei Kalak)

It is used to always have fire when travelling across country

MEREDITH ARKWOOKERUM | ‘Ku’a Avoiding a Ngache’ | Etching Edition:7/40 A mystical spirit of fire"I was born in Aurukun mission days. I was forced to grow up in a dormitory. Religious Presbyterians ran the dormitory, church and town. In those days people were still coming out form the bush to live here. The last family groups to came out so their children could get an education. I remember two missionaries now deceased called Uki Otomorathan and his wife Acrhiwald. They were kind local people helping with his minister and his wife. During school