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Artist: Paddy Japaljarri StewartThis story is about the Honey Ant Dreaming. Painted here are the underground tunnels made by the Honey Ants. Also shown are the worms that are found around mulga trees. Thispainting is about the Mulga Worm Dreaming, and the Honey Ant Dreaming. This painting is about the Mulga Worm Dreaming and the Honey Ant Dreaming.This is the Honey Ant Dreaming for Yuedumu, where we are living. The actual water source is Yakurrakaji. What we call Yuendumu is the hill really. The soakage that we used to live from isYakurrakaji. We who are living at Yuendumu, near the Yakurrakaji water, we are living at the Honey Ant Dreaming site. Their underground chambers have created the natural soakagesfound all over this part of our country. That is what we have painted here.© Commonwealth of Australia 2010This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from theCommonwealth, available from the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney-General’s Department. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should beaddressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration. Attorney-General’s Department, Central Office, 3-5 National Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600 or posted at www.ag.gov.au/cca.Please be aware that this report may contain the images and names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed away.Design by Sprout