All of the Nyoongar people’s six seasons have very important purposes for plants and wildlife that belong to the region. For thousands of years, Aboriginal people have lived with and understood the connections between ecology, meteorology and song lines that bring as well as disperse the rains.

Artist Meeyakba Shane Pickett says, ‘In practicing this form of culture, we find that we have a part to perform in maintaining the balance of life. Muguroo (May and June) is the season of courtship and fertility. The magpie sings alone calling for rain and for all his clan to come and listen to the song of fertility. This is the beginning of nature’s new cycle.’

Winner of the 2006 Invitation Art Prize