Behind the Logos

Colourful Indigenous artwork meets visitors at the entry to the Gallery of Central Australia (GoCA).

Kapi Tjukurla was designed by Kunmanara (Julie Taria) Brumby, who was a senior woman in the Mutitjulu community, located at Uluru. 

The artwork, meaning waterholes in local Pitjantjatjara language, includes concentic circles linked by lines representing waterholes and river courses, the travelling and resting places of Anangu. Dots and lines represent the patterns of desert vegetation. Anangu continues to depend on their extensive knowledge of where and when to find water. This knowledge is informed by Tjukurpa (law and culture), passed on by family and through inma (cultural song and dance).