Maggie Green, a Mangala woman based in Port Hedland, paints about her childhood; the station where she grew up, went to school, and worked; the dam she visited for fishing and swimming; and the bush tucker she collected and hunted for. Her mother is frequently referred to in the stories associated with her artwork, as are then Myroodah Station Manager Mick, and teacher Mary, Lannigan. Maggie also fondly remembers the friends she grew up with on the station, with whom she would ‘run amok’. Maggie began painting with her mother and grandmother at Myroodah Station; “We start doing painting on Myroodah Station. My mum and my grandmother teaching us doing painting for us. That’s how we were learning dot paint.”
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Information supplied by Spinifex Hill Art Studio (c)