Royalties from this product directly benefit the Aboriginal artist Margaret Jangala Gallagher and her community.

Australian made Aboriginal  decoration. Hang an original bit of Australia in your home!

The colourful wooden star has been created by Bits of Australia through a collaboration with Australian makers and artists.

The beautiful ornament has been made in Victoria and features stunning Aboriginal artwork by Margaret Jangala Gallagher from the Warlukurlangu Art Centre in Central Australia. The centre is a non-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal owned by its artists from the remote communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi.

Product Details:

Decoration: Single digitally printed wooded decoration 2.5mm thick with a red ribbon
Size: Approximately 9cm wide by 9cm high
Artist: Margaret Jangala Gallagher
Artwork: Printed both sides with the artwork 'Yankirri Jukurrpa' (Emu Dreaming). Artist information also printed on the back
Country of Manufacture: Made in Australia
Packaging: Decoration hangs on a small card with artist information
Social Impact: Royalties from the sale of the decoration directly benefit the Aboriginal artist Margaret Jangala Gallagher and her community

Margaret Jangala Gallagher was born in Alice Springs Hospital in 1998, the closest hospital to Nyirripi, a remote aboriginal community located approximately 420 km north-west of Alice Springs and approx. 130 km north-west of Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is the daughter of Andrea Nungarrayi Wilson and Chris Japanangka Michaels and granddaughter of Alice Nampijinpa Henworth, all major Warlpiri artists. Antonia went to St Mary’s School in Broome, graduating in 2012. When she finished school, she went back to Nyirripi and worked at the Learning Centre run by the Batchelor Institute, an Indigenous Tertiary Education Program, where Antonia assisted students with computer skills.

Margaret paints with her mother and learnt to paint watching her mother and other people in the community painting. She particularly enjoys painting with her mother as it is an opportunity for her and her mother to share their Jukurrpa stories, Dreamings passed down to her by her father and mother and their parents before them for millennia. Margaret paints her Yankirri Jakurrpa (Emu Dreaming) from her father’s side and this Jukurrpa story belongs to Jangala/Jampijinpa men and Nangala/Nampijinpa women. 

The star Aboriginal decoration makes a small ethical gift for Christmas. It is perfect for family, friends and corporate gifting. Lightweight it is also a unique Australian gift to send overseas.