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Jenny is a Kamilaroi woman and is a member of the Worimi Aboriginal Land Council. She is mother of seven children and works with disaffected Indigenous youth. Her experiances are reflected in her art as she relates stories in her own unique way.
Meteors are believed to be the fiery eyes of celestial serpents across northern Australia, which are also referred to as the Rainbow Serpent. On Bathurst and Melville Islands to the north of Darwin, Northern Territory, the Tiwi Aboriginal people believe meteors are the Papinjuwari – evil spirits that have long claws that steal babies’ hearts.
According to the traditions of the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Namorrorddo are similar evil spirits, and in the traditions of the Lardil people of Mornington Island, Queensland, the evil spirits are Thuwathu.
War was also involved in the traditions of meteors. In northern Queensland Aboriginal groups followed the trails of meteors in the belief that falling stars would lead them to enemy Warriors. In New South Wales the Ngarigo People believed that a meteor pointed in the direction of a group that was preparing for war.
In the Murray River region, Victoria, the Wathi-Wathi people believed meteors to be the path of a nulla-nulla (which is a short spear) in the sky. In the Central Desert, Northern Territory, Arrernte revenge rituals involved throwing a small spear that had been filled with evil magic in the direction of the intended target. The death of a person was signified by the appearance of a meteor.
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