Gidilpawuy Munyarryun

Gidilpawuy is the daughter of Banbiyak and Mathulu Munyarryun. She has two  sisters (Nyedilmiwuy and Galatharra) who are each one of many weavers at the Homeland of Dhalinybuy, where she has lived most of her life. Dhalinybuy is where her Mother and Grandmother always lived. These two women are also the ones who taught Gidilpawuy and her two sisters the practice of weaving.

Since a young age, they learned how to weave, where and how to find the different plants and roots for colours, and how to dye the Gunga. Until today, the three sisters use the same locations that they had been shown by their Mother Banbiyak who was a famous weaver, and Grandmother, to find the colours. They do not share these locations with any non-family members. They keep exploring different dying techniques to get different colour arrangements. The patterns in Gidilpawuy’s weavings are significant for the place of Dhalinybuy and were also passed down from her Mother and Grandmother. They are like miny’tji (sacred design).

Gidilpawuy and her sisters now teach the weaving practice to their Grandchildren and there is one Granddaughter that is starting to pick it up at the moment.