Ubirr, Northern Territory of Australia: a billabong with screw pine (screw palm) trees (Pandanus spiralis species). Gouache by R. Palmer.

  • Palmer, Robyne.
Date:
[between 1980 and 1989]
Reference:
2045629i
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About this work

Description

"A picture of the floodplain looking out from Ubirr rock. Ubirr rock is situated in the East Alligator river area and is a large rock art site containing paintings many thousands of years old. ... The trees in the foreground of the painting are Pandanus spiralis." (email to the Wellcome Library from Robyne Palmer, 10 October 2014)

Publication/Creation

[between 1980 and 1989]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 56.6 x 76.3 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Nourlangie billabong. R. Palmer

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045629i, presented to Sir A. Shepperd by Wellcome Australia on his retirement, 1990

Terms of use

Robyne Palmer has granted a licence to the Wellcome Library to photograph this work and place an image of it on its website with a CC-BY licence (email from Robyne Palmer to the Wellcome Library 9 September 2014)

Type/Technique

Subjects

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