Derribal Yerrigan (Swan River) YAA118-121
Artist
Yondee Shane HansenMedium
PaintingMaterial
AcrylicDescription
The Derribee Yerrigan(Swan River) was used by the old people for camping along and ceremonies a plentiful place of food and resources. The River travels through that country and through the Whadjuk nation. It’s where the Wardal travelled through and created the rivers.
Noongar artist Yondee Shane Hansen was born in the south-west of Western Australia in 1964, at Dumbleyung, 270 km south of Perth. Yondee was taught about hunting and shown sand drawings by his father. He would travel and visit his aunties on the Swan River and would collect paper bark to help them in their art work. It was here that he started to learn about art from his older relatives who are known for their painting on paper- bark.Try it!
