Dyarra Murrama Guwing
Castle Towers is proud to collaborate with local Dharug artist Leanne Mulgo Watson Redpath and Digital Artist Kylie Christian to create a new, community mural called Dyarra Murrama Guwing, which means 'The Sun Setting Red'.
Castle Towers was also lucky enough to sit down with Leanne and learn more about her incredible history, family and her love of art!
Please enjoy the full interview above.
MURAL STORY
Dyarra Murrama Guwing is the story of a day spent on Dharug country. It is a journey from day to night, highlighting different fauna, flora and the life that can be experienced in a day on Dharug country.
Following the shared path, this story starts with the Guwing (sunrise) on a new day.
As you follow the path, we see Wagon and Garad (birds) throughout, which are messengers for Dharug people. The path then takes us past Warada (waratah's), which represent healing and is symbolic of the healing required for our country.
As we continue along the path, we see the tall trees found in Castle Hill. These were cleared for the building of Sydney during colonisation. Indigenous Peoples believe trees and people have shared DNA and these tall trees represent the people.
As the path continues, we come across the meeting places, which represents people coming together across country. In these meeting places we see the different tools used each day by Dharug people.
We also see the Burumin (possum) representing the women’s totem and the Ngununy (flying fox) representing the male totem for Dharug people. As well as the Maryung (Emu), Bunya (bottlebrush) and Buru (Emu footprints).
As the path takes us into Yanada (night), out come the Birrung (stars) high above Dharug country.
