Betty Carrington

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Budabun lies on Texas Downs Station near Horse Creek Road.  Betty says that people used to come here to hunt kangaroo.  The men and women would 'sing' the kangaroos and they would run down to this place.  The hunters would herd the kangaroos through the gorge to the gap where more people would be hiding with sticks or tomahawks to cut them down as they came through the gap.  The area depicted at the bottom centre of the composition is minjaarra (bust plum) country.  Minjaarra fruits are a bush food popular with Gija people for their sweetness and flavour.