ELVERINA JOHNSON | 'Burriny (Saltwater)' | 2025 | Painted buoy using acrylic paint Naomi Evans This print depicts such a

This print depicts such a journey

that government took advantage

the University of Melbourne (2007)

Kuruwayan yaadu palgan ngoelmun apaw zagethaw ngurpay kedha paypa kidh paru lagaka

changing into a cocoon and an emerging caterpillar from which the glorious Blue Ulysses Butterfly emerged

ELVERINA JOHNSON | 'Burriny (Saltwater)' | 2025 | Painted buoy using acrylic paint Naomi Evans This print depicts such aThis orange one is called Burriny, which means Saltwater. In Yarrabah, our Country provides a little bit of everything. We have freshwater running down from the mountains and then saltwater right there in front of us. Growing up, the beach was where we spent most of our time. We fished, camped, went swimming and gathered food, whatever our country would provide us. My family lived in a little tin shack on the beach, so the ocean was part of everyday