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Hermannsburg Potters: Thepa Kwatja-rinya (waterbirds/birds of water)

Current exhibition
1 - 23 May 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hayley Coulthard, Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026

Hayley Coulthard

Lyerrtjina (budgerigar) and Kwatja, Rinya Thepa (water birds), 2026
terracotta and underglazes
34 x 21 x 21 cm
BG11359/HC-43-26
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 8 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 9 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 10 ) Dawn Wheeler, Kwatja Laiya Thepa Mapa, 2026
This is my grandfathers country and this is a story of kwatja rinya thepa. This is wangkara ducks home, they nest in the green water reeds. Urlpaiya (this river) is...
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This is my grandfathers country and this is a story of kwatja rinya thepa. This is wangkara ducks home, they nest in the green water reeds. Urlpaiya (this river) is uurrimpingi (tempy towns) country. lyerrtjina (budgerigar) they come to this waterhole to swim with all the ducks, all the different types of birds like untjwaara (heron). They swim in the kwatja (water), and lyerrtjina's sleep beside the kwatja, in the gumtree. Lyerrtjina urlpara kwaarnala nama. Budgerigars nest in hollow trees. And other different birds, they come and swim too. for us and good for the little birds.
This arna urlpalia (white sand) is marra inthurra (very good) for all the bird to walk around in white sand, and swim in the water too. All the water reeds, is home for the water birds. mpara, they make next inside and between the reeds, like all the different ducks. All the animals come to drink this kwatja. Emu, camel, kangaroo, cattle.
This kwatja good for all of us Pmara nooka, pmara marra, my country, good country.

- Hayley Coulthard
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