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In 1984, five senior Warlpiri men painted the doors of the local primary school with jukurrpa
(’Dreamings’) so the children would not forget their culture and stories. In 2000, two of these artists,
Paddy Sims & Paddy Stewart undertook to produce 30 etchings based on the original Yuendumu Doors
designs. The etchings were launched in 2001, to great acclaim with the set winning the Telstra, 16th
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, for works on paper.

DOOR 26
The dreaming depicted in this painting is a Snake, Yarripiri. He came from Wirnparrku and fell down from
the sky into a nest at Yimpalu, a soakage. Yarripiri was sleeping at Yimpalu. A bird came and perched
on his hand woke him up when it called out. Yarripiri then went to another soakage called
Napanangkajarra where there is a big rocky hill. The wind caused Yarripiri, affected by a bush fire, to
fall down there and thus get away from the dangerous fire. From Napanangkajarra, Yarripirri went to
Warlujarrayi, another soakage. Then he went to Yurturlpu which is another soakage. Near there he
went to a rockhole called Lilirlpa, which is close to Manjaanja, also a soakage visited by Yarripiri. From
Manjamanja he then went to Katurnu. From Katurnu he turned back again and went to Ngama, where
there is a big cave. At Ngama, Snake called out and sang in a special way, like we do when we
perform the Jardiwanpa ceremonies. It was there at Ngama that Snake had tow Napanangka women,
his mothers. We follow the Yarripirri Dreaming which we call Jardiwanpa. From Ngama Snake went to
Minjirrminjirrpa and then straight on to Yuluwayi, which is Nakamarra Dreaming place. From there he
went on to Kampalypa. There are soakages in all these places. From Kampalypa he set off and went to
a big creek where there is a big soakage called Wakurrumpu. Still Snake kept on going to Yuwajikilimi
and then to a big swamp called Katurnu. From there he kept on going north. We follow Snake Dreaming.
We perform the rituals, the Jardiwanpa, and we set the yarrirdiyarrirdi sticks upright for the ceremonies.
The kurdungurlu are Japangardi, Japanangka, Japaljarri and Jungarrayi. Before it was the old people
who performed this work. They have now passed away. We continue to hold the Jardiwanpa, the
Snake ceremonies and rituals.

Paddy Japaljarri Sims
Paddy was born in about 1917 at Kunajarray (Mt Nicker), south-west of Yuendumu at a site where a
number of Dreaming tracks interconnect. Japaljarri's Dreamings are Yiwarra (Milky Way),
ngarlkirdi/warna (witchetty grub/snake), pirntirna (female python), jilwirringki (burrowing skunk),
wanakiji (bush plum) and warlpa (wind).

Paddy has been painting for Warlukurlangu for a long time. In 1988 Paddy Sims was selected by The
Power Gallery, Sydney University to travel to Paris with five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to
create a ground painting installation at the exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges
Pompidou. The trip took place in May 1989 and the painting was received with world wide acclaim.
Paddy was also one of the senior male artists who worked on the Yuendumu Doors.

He has painted and exhibited regularly with Warlukurlangu Artists both nationally and internationally
since 1985. His work has been included in numerous general exhibitions of Aboriginal art including
Dreaming: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1988; The Continuing
Tradition, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989; Mythscapes: Aboriginal Art of the Desert, National
Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989; Lete Australian Montpellier, Musee Fabre, France, 1990. Paddy
Japaljarri Sims is featured in the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.