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The late great Bidyadanga artist Weaver Jack sadly died in October 2010. She will be missed by all who knew her. Weaver’s beautiful paintings of her country will live on as testament to her great spirit.

LUNGARUNG 2006 by Weaver Jack, acrylic on linen, 168 x 112 cm

LUNGARUNG 2006 by Weaver Jack, acrylic on linen, 168 x 112 cm

Weaver was born at Lungurang a jila (living water) in the Great Sandy Desert. This place is near Wirnpa country on the Canning Stock Route. Weaver grew up in this country and travelled around her country with her two mummies and daddy then was married off her promised husband. After mining started in the Pilbara, much of the valuable underground creek system was disturbed creating a devasting drought in the yulparija country. Many people died and others moved away. She had children with her husband, and continued travelling further from her home in search of water. Eventually they came to be with Weaver’s sister at Bidyadanga this was in the late 1960′s. She spent most of her life living a traditional lifestyle, and she was considered to be the senior law woman, for the Yulparija people.