Content Type: Artwork
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Painting: ‘Djidbidjidbi (King Brown Snake Dreaming)’, by Tim Djandjomerr.
The escarpment overlooking Ranger uranium mine, ‘Djidbidjidbi’ (King Brown Snake Dreaming)—also called Mount Brockman—is a sacred place for Mirarr. The power of this site and the risk that it would be disturbed by the proposed mine formed a big part of Mirarr’s opposition to Ranger. This bark painting, by Tim Djandjomerr, depicts Djidbidjidbi.
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Zine: ‘The Road to Jabiluka’, 1998.
“The Road to Jabiluka” was created in collaboration with Australian author and illustrator Trace Balla. It tells the story of a week at the Jabiluka blockade – as told by illustrator and animator Julian Chapple.
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Painting: ‘Djidbidjidbi (King Brown Snake Dreaming)’, by Mark Djandjomerr, 2015.
The escarpment overlooking Ranger uranium mine, ‘Djidbidjidbi’ (King Brown Snake Dreaming)—also called Mount Brockman—is a sacred place for Mirarr. The power of this site and the risk that it would be disturbed by the proposed mine formed a big part of Mirarr’s opposition to Ranger. This 2015 painting, by Mark Djandjomerr, depicts Djidbidjidbi.
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‘Stop Jabiluka, Stop Uranium Mining’ poster, (hand symbol designed by Kathleen McCann, 1996)
On designing the hand symbolBy Kathleen McCann, 2015 In 1996 I was in Jabiru in the Northern Territory. A community campaign to stop further uranium mining in Mirrar country was on the rise. Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) already operated the Ranger mine surrounded by Kakadu National Park and were pushing the Mirarr people to…
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