22/08/2025
Milŋuyawuy (The Milky Way - 1975) - "If you look into the sky at night you will see the Milky Way. It is like a river of stars. These stars are all the people, animals, birds and fish that have died. They have been taken into the sky and changed into stars. Just below the Milky Way you will see the Southern Cross. This is Yiŋalpiya, the friendly crocodile. Near the Southern Cross you will see two very bright stars. These bright stars are Munuminya and Yikawaŋa (the two Koel ancestors). They are always close to their friend Yiŋalpiya the crocodile, and the point to Milŋiyawuy, the river of stars. "
– NARRITJIN MAYMURU (photo source: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory).
