Birrundudu Drawing

February 14 – April 4, 2026

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

In the 1940s, Aboriginal men at Birrundudu Station created 810 crayon drawings – vivid records of Country, ancestry and ceremony. Now over 100 never-before-seen works are revealed in an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Berndt Museum. Part of the Perth Festival 2026.

Presented with The Berndt Museum at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery with support from The Berndt Research Foundation and Warlayirti Artists.

Splinter Dardayi Yani Jangala, Not titled (Gumurlawurru [pied butcherbird] Dreaming at Pingidijarra Hills), 1945, Birrindudu, Northern Territory, wax crayon on brown paper, 45.9 x 61.7cm, Berndt Museum, The University of Western Australia [1945/0132]