Adelaide City Council

Client

Adelaide City Council

Flowing through the centre of the artwork is Karra Wirra Pari (Red Gum Forest River), a significant resource for the Kaurna people. This name reflects the deep connection between Kaurna custodians and the environment in which our people thrived for thousands of years. Karra Wirra Pari is a monumental resource that provides water, food and materials used to make artefacts.

Detailed throughout the artwork, utilising different colours is a representation of Pangkarra (family territories). Pangkarra is integral to identity, heritage, and the ongoing responsibilities to care for and maintain the land inherited by those who came before them. Surrounding Karra Wirra Pari are sacred sites where members belonging to Kaurna family groups who lived amongst their Pangkarra would come together to conduct traditional ceremonies.

The textures incorporated within this artwork exhibit specific elements relating to Yarta (land). Firstly, we have a representation of Mukurta (Hills), Secondly, the nomadic flow of water that would rage during Kudlila (Winter).