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Note: All available-for-purchase artworks featured in The Shape of Time exhibition can be collected at the end of July, 2025.
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BIRRANGAY BULILIL (leaves falling) - Hope vale Autumn collection 2025
About the Artist - Daisy Hamlot
Born 1937
Language Guugu Yimithirr
Totem Waandarr (White Cockatoo) & Ngamu Ngaajarr (Dingo)
Clan Thuppi Warra
Daisy Hamlot (née Bowen) is a senior Thuupi Warra elder, born in Cape Bedford in 1937 to Ted and Nancy Bowen. Her totems are Waandarr (White Cockatoo) from her father's side and Ngamu Ngaagau (Dingo) from her mother's side.
At the young age of five, Daisy and her family were removed from Cape Bedford and interned at Woorabinda settlement, located west of Rockhampton, during World War II. The Australian Government regarded the Lutheran Missions in Cape York as a threat to national security. Life in Woorabinda was challenging, filled with many hardships; however, Daisy and her family endeavored to make the best of their situation. She cherishes fond memories of her time at school and the friendships she formed there.
“Every day, we would walk to school, and on the road, we would pass the same magpie sitting in a tree. If we got too close, it would swoop at us! So, we would run for our lives! Poor Dumbia got pecked many times on the head.”
Recently, Daisy has discovered a passion for painting and is well-known for her whimsical artworks depicting “Guuda” (dogs). “My paintings are about my two pet dogs, 7-O and Granny-Boy; they are cute and friendly,” she shares.
Daisy is a proud member of the Gamba Gamba group (senior women) at the art center. The artworks created by the Gamba draw from traditional Guugu Yimmithirr Warra culture, as well as contemporary influences and mission-time histories. The women of the Gamba possess profound cultural knowledge of family kinship systems, sacred sites, esoteric characters, and totems, and they are passionate about recording their language and traditional stories to ensure their preservation for future generations.
Daisy enjoys participating in the many workshops offered at the art center, including natural dyeing on silk, lino printing, and textiles.
Along with her fellow Gamba (the older women), she loves to laugh and reminisce about stories from the “Old Days.”
About the Design - Diwaan (Bush Turkey)
"When I was younger, we would go out and collect “Diwaan” (Bush Turkey) eggs during the summertime. The “Diwaan “ (Bush Turkey) makes its nest in the scrub by building a mound; you have to dig to find the eggs."
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