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Main Menu - ShopTo purchase by the metre, 1/2 metre, 1/4 metre, Fat Quarter and so on, simply click on the fabric price PER METRE and you will be given the options. -
Main Menu - About UsWe are a Fabric/Patchwork Shop in the heart of Alice Springs, a few steps from the Todd Mall. We have been in the Alice for more than 15 years! We specialise in authentic Aboriginal and Australiana fabric printed on 100% quality cotton. We also stock Batik and other plain cotton homespun.Fabrics are pre cut into fat 1/4's, fat 1/8th packs, 1/4 metre strips and metre pieces. Or cut to any length. In store we also stock locally made gifts such as cotton scarves, silk scarves, bandanas,... -
Main Menu - FAQWhat lengths can I order? If you click on the "per metre" button, you will get all the options. You can do multiples of 1 metre, 1/2 metre or quarter metres at eth checkout. E.g. if you click 1/2 metre and at the checkout multiply by 5 you will get 2.5 metres. Even if you order 1 metre and then again 1/2 metre, we will despatch 1.5 metres. We only cut if you ask us to do so! What payments do you accept? We accept all credit cards, including American Express, without any extra... -
Main Menu - Contact UsAlthough we prefer email, feel free to call us, or leave a txt or message on facebook. Contact us on +61 (08) 8952 6163 Mobile 0427 368 707 (Robert) Email aboriginalfabrics@bigpond.com Mail Post Office Box 3098, Alice Springs 0871, ( Northern Territory), Australia Visit us Shop 1, 91 Todd Street, Alice Springs, NT 0870 Australia You'll find us on the corner Todd Mall / Gregory Terrace, at the town council end of the famous Todd Mall. Welcome! Opening hours during... -
Artist - Anna Price PitjaraAnna traditionally paints Yam Seed, Yam Flower, Body Paint and Women’s Ceremony. The Yam Seed and Yam Flower are her grandfather’s dreaming. Anna paints these pieces in many various styles, from stunning black and white, to bright, bold colourful artwork. Her sought after paintings are seen in galleries across Australia. -
Legal - Shipping & Refund PolicyAboriginal Fabric Gallery charges a flat rate for postage in Australia. USA and Europe have variable freight rates depending on weight and volume; please send us an email before ordering and we'll quote you the cheapest option. See below for checkout rates available. Computer screens may sometimes not display the colours exactly, so we're happy for you to return the fabric if you're not happy with it. We will issue a refund minus the freight costs. For gift-ware like bags, tea... -
Legal - Sales Terms & ConditionsAll prices are quoted in Australian dollars (AUS $). We accept all major credit cards, including American Express. We do not charge anything extra for payments with credit cards, neither online nor in store. Although we take the greatest care in presenting our fabrics in their true colours, we do acknowledge that these colours will not always be displayed correctly on all computer monitors or other device screens. If you're not happy with any fabric we're happy to exchange it for any... -
Legal - Privacy, Copyright & DisclaimerPrivacy Aboriginal Fabrics Gallery recognises the importance of protecting your privacy. We use information provided directly from you (through the contact form or orders placed) so we can communicate with you through emails and newsletters. When visiting our website, information is recorded (such as your browser, date, time and pages accessed) for statistical purposes and remains anonymous. It will only be used to improve the website, in order to give you a better... -
Product - Fallen Seeds CharcoalStunning art work in very typical Gracie Morton Pwerle style. -
Artist - Stephen PitjaraLand is very close to the hearts of Australian Aboriginal people. They call this creation time Dreamting. Conservation of the land and passing on knowledge to future generations is very important to Aboriginal people, Stephen Pitjara is from the community of Utopia. The dotted lines in Steve's artwork show the pathways created by the forefathers in Dreamtime. The small dots in the body of the artwork show kuldoo (edible seeds) from various fruits to make damper... -
Product - Amarina GreyNO LONGER AVAILABLE OCT 2018 -
Product - Amarina RedAmarina is available in Grey and Red. NO LONGER AVAILABLE OCT 2018 -
Product - CudgegongFun fact: Cudgegong is a word of the Wiradjuri people in New South Wales, it means 'red hill', noted for the red clay used by Aborigines in body decoration. Cudgegong is a place in New South Wales. -
Product - MerinosSpot the dog! -
Product - RoosIconic kangaroos in the desert landscape -
Artist - Audrey NapanangkaAudrey is a Warlpiri woman born in the community of Yuendumu, approximately 3 hours North West of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Audrey has lived her whole life in Yuendumu, attending primary school, and later raising her own family in Yuendumu. She now lives in Alice Springs. She commenced painting in 1986 and has been surrounded by painters since she was a small child. Both her parents were artists also. Audrey's designs include bush tucker (food) Dreaming, which feature... -
Artist - NambookaNambooka, also known as Bea Edwards, is a decendant from the Pyemmairrener clan of Tasmania. She lives in Melbourne and works at the Frankston Hospital. She paints the patterns handed down to her from her grandmother who also taught her basketry and fibre arts. Bea is an artist, mother, Aboriginal community D&A worker, teacher, tour guide, and consultant, and a household name in quilting and craft industry circles! Being a keen community worker with a deep understanding of land... -
Product - Bambilah 145 cm (57") wideBambilah is 145 cm (57 inches) wide. A Fat Quarter is 50 x 72 cm Bambillah has been designed by Nambooka specifically as a fabric print. It's a very popular design. Namboooka has depicted the flying glider at night which is a symbol of strength. The pattern succesfully portrays the spit\ritual world in the eyes of the native Australians. -
Artist - Jeannie PitjaraJeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in 1957 on the Boundary Bore Outstation of Utopia in Central Australia. In the early 1980's Jeannie was living at Boundary Bore Outstation with her husband Henry Long -Kemarre and their six children, Jeannie was introduced to the art of Batik. Jeannie was encouraged by her aunt, Emily Kngwarreye to continue to paint her family's Yam Dreaming. In 1990, her work was chosen to be part of the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, which toured... -
Artist - June SmithJune's family is from the Alice Springs district, her mother was born at Hermannsburg and father at Undoolya Station. June was born in 1960 and grew up and attended school in Alice Springs, and following that came to live at the Santa Teresa mission, now Ltyentye Apurte Community. She worked at the school, teaching the pre-school children. Her language is Eastern Arrente. June was among the women who initially approached the mission staff to allow the women a place... -
Product - Blue Tongue Lizard BlackBlue Tongue Lizard comes with a Brown or Black background. Detail pictures below. NB the Panel option is cut with the lizard in the middle.
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Product - Blue Tongue Lizard MaroonThis is also available as a complete panel. 60 x 112 cm -
Artist - June BirdJune Bird Ngale was born in 1954 at Waite River in the Northern Territory and later moved with her family to the outstation at Mulga Bore on the Utopia Homelands. Her father, Tommy Bird Mpetyane, passed away early in her life, and she came to call Lindsay Bird Mpetyane her father. June commenced painting in 1987 and was somewhat involved in the Utopian art movement where silk batiks were introduced to the women of Utopia and in 1988 another community project titled “A Summer... -
Product - Body Painting AshBody Painting is available in Blue, Gold, and Ash. -
Product - Body Painting GoldVibrant Gold with Red accents. Body Painting is available in Blue, Gold, and Ash. -
Artist - Polly Wheeler NapurrulaPolly Wheeler Napurrula was born at Haasts Bluff and brought up in Nyirripi, a small community north west of Alice Springs in central Australia. Polly paints bush tucker scenes and her Dreaming stories including Bush Potato Dreaming which is a very important story for her. The Bush Potato Dreaming belongs to her father's country near Yuendumu in Central Australia. Polly lives in Alice Springs. She also paints Bush Plum. -
Product - Bush Tucker BlackBush food (referred to as bush tucker in Australia) traditionally refers to any food which is native to Australia and used by the indigenous Aboriginal people, For thousands of years the Aboriginal people survived eating of the land when bush tucker was plentiful, and preserving it when there were times of drought. Colours are a deep black background, with white and gold. -
Product - Bush Tucker RedBush food (referred to as bush tucker in Australia) traditionally refers to any food which is native to Australia and used by the indigenous Aboriginal people, For thousands of years the Aboriginal people survived eating of the land when bush tucker was plentiful, and preserving it when there were times of drought. Colours are a deep red background, with black and gold. -
Product - Bush Tucker WhiteBush food (referred to as bush tucker in Australia) traditionally refers to any food which is native to Australia and used by the indigenous Aboriginal people, For thousands of years the Aboriginal people survived eating of the land when bush tucker was plentiful, and preserving it when there were times of drought. -
Artist - Donna AbbotsDonna Abbot comes from Alice Springs, NT with a strong artistic background. Her art is very neat and imaginative. Her dreaming is 'Bush Banana'. Her design 'Bush Banana' is one of the most popular fabrics featuring Aboriginal designs.
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Artist - Marie EllisMarie Elena Ellis is an Arrente and Warlpiri woman from Central Australia. Her homeland is Amoonguna Community approximately 20 minutes from Alice Springs. Marie Elena is the daughter of Michael Nelson Jakamarra a well known Papunya artist. As a child Marie lived in Katherine with her family however she relocated to Amoonguna with her sister Roseanne as an adult. Marie describes her childhood as being strongly influenced by traditional family values of Arrente culture and kinship law... -
Artist - Rosemary PitjaraRosemary Petyarre was born in 1945 at Utopia, north east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Rosemary was one of a group of Anmatyerre women at the forefront of the art movement in the Utopia area, and was amongst a group of women from Utopia who travelled to Indonesia to learn different techniques for producing batik. Following the Holmes a Court Summer Project, sponsored by CAAMA in 1988-89, she then began painting on canvas. The designs she paints are bush medicine, yam dreaming... -
Artist - Donna McNamaraDonna lives in Ntaria, a community 120 km from Alice Springs. Famous landscape painter Albert Namatjira came from the same community. -
Product - Corroboree BrownClose up details below: -
Product - Gift VoucherElectronic Gift Voucher You will get a voucher with a code emailed to you, or to your nominated recipient. The code can then be used to order anything from our online store. It can only be used once. The code can also be used as a discount combined with any other order. If you prefer we can mail a printed voucher, to any address world wide - at no extra charge. The voucher will have a code for online use as well, or can be used in our shop in Alice Springs. Email us if you want... -
Product - Dancing Spirit RedEach colour is also available as a panel with 3 x spirit repeats, 112cm high x 55 cm wide. See under “Panels, Packs & Kits” -
Artist - Colleen WallaceColleen was born in 1973 and is from Santa Teresa Community, approximately 1 hour from Alice Springs in Central Australia. She was raised by Kathleen Wallace and her husband Douglas. Although Colleen is not Kathleen's biological daughter, Kathleen is referred to as her mother and cared and supported her whilst she was growing up. This is quite common in Aboriginal culture, with aunt's and grandmothers being referred to as mother and playing significant care giving roles of young... -
Product - Bush Tucker BlueBush Tucker design showing witchety grubs, goannas, bush fruit, honey ants. 145 cm (57 inches) wide We could jokingly refer to this painting as an Aboriginal Cook Book. In the centre are three people sitting at their campfire. They have digging sticks and coolamons at their side showing that they are females. They are probably talking of the various foods available in the surrounding lands. The honey ants, small lizards, snakes and witchety grubs are all shown, along with some bush... -
Product - Dancing Spirit BrownEach colour is also available as a panel with 3 x spirit repeats, 112cm high x 55 cm wide. See under “Panels, Packs & Kits” -
Product - Dancing Spirit PurpleEach colour is also available as a panel with 3 x spirit repeats, 112cm high x 55 cm wide. See under “Panels, Packs & Kits” -
Product - Dancing Spirit GreenEach colour is also available as a panel with 3 x spirit repeats, 112cm high x 55 cm wide. See under “Panels, Packs & Kits” -
Product - Dancing Spirit BlackEach colour is also available as a panel with 3 x spirit repeats, 112cm high x 55 cm wide. See under "Panels, Packs & Kits" -
Product - Mans Ceremony RedOne of our best sellers! - 145 cm (57 inches) wide This design is a derivative of a more complex painting titled “Snake Dreaming”. The story is a ceremonial one so the details are not fully revealed. It is thought to be part of the “coming of age” rites for young men. -
Product - On Walkabout BlueThis very traditional Western Desert work shows the journey of a young man who leaves his family and undertakes a long walk in search of a partner. Despite visiting many other tribes and family groups, he has not been successful and makes his own camp. The white snake at each group indicates fertility and a closeness to or favourable relationship with the earth. Since the place where the young man settled also has a snake, we can conclude that the search by the young man will have a happy...
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Product - Womens CorroboreeAs the name implies, this Central Desert artwork depicts a gathering and celebration of Women. In the diagonal corners are two groups of female elders, probably with feasting in progress. We can identify them as women by the digging stick and coolamon. In this case the coolamons are full of food, from which we can safely assume some form of celebration is in progress. The other females in the painting scattered through the main body of the work do not yet have coolamons to collect and carry... -
Artist - Peter MarshallSorry, no picture available yet... Peter H. Marshall was born in 1964. Paints Man's Ceremony. The story is ceremonial so the details are not fully revealed. -
Artist - Janet LongJanet Long Nakamarra was born at Anningie Station, north-west of Alice-Springs NT, near Willowra community. She grew up living a traditional lifestyle with her family. In 1975 she left school and got a job as a Literacy writer, producing books in her language, Warlpiri. She worked at the School for 13 years. In 1990 she did a course through Batchelor College in the NT where she graduated and received a certificate for grade I teaching, then in 1992. She completed her grade 2 teaching... -
Product - Bush Tomato RedThere are more than 100 varieties of Bush Tomato, but only a handful numbers are edible. Some may even be poisonous.
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Product - Bush Fruit Dreaming145 cm (57 inches) wide A colourful depiction of the nutritious and tasty berries and seed pods available in the country side after rain. The waterhole at the centre of the picture is full and fresh providing the essential moisture for the colourful background of desert flowers and plants which bear the bush fruit. -
Product - Desert Flowers BlackDesert Flowers by one of Alice Springs' most respected Elders and traditional Land owners, Marie Ellis.
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Artist - Marie NapurrullaMarie Napurrulla was born in 1968 and comes from Central Australia. Marie has seven children and several grandchildren. She relocated from New South Wales to Alice Springs several years ago to retrace her family's history and reconnect more closely with her Aboriginality. Marie's artworks are titled "My Grandmothers Journey" and she uses traditional iconography to depict the physical and spiritual journey that her grandmother would take travelling from place to place on walkabout. Marie... -
Product - Grandmothers Journey YellowAvailable in Yellow and Sea Blue. -
Product - BambilahBambillah has been designed by Nambooka specifically as a fabric print. It's a very popular design. Namboooka has depicted the flying glider at night which is a symbol of strength. The pattern succesfully portrays the spiritual world in the eyes of the native Australians. -
Artist - Julie Nabangardi SheddonThe Bush Tucker artwork depicts three people sitting at their campfire. They have digging sticks and coolamons at their side showing that they are females.They are probably talking about the various foods in the surrounding lands. The honey ants, small lizards,snakes and witchery grubs are all shown, along with some bush fruits.
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Artist - Gracie Morton PwerleGracie Morton was born in 1954 at Utopia Station 250 km Nth East of Alice Springs. Her fine precise patterns are all associated with her dreamtime stories. Gracie Pwerle Morton is a highly credentialed artist, whose career began in the 1970s when she helped pioneer the Utopia Women's Batik Group and continued onto canvas in the late 1980s. Gracie hails from an impressive artistic pedigree - her mother is Myrtle Petarre, and Kathleen and Gloria Petyarre are her first cousins. She is also a... -
Artist - Nancy Campbell NapanangkaNancy's tribe is Anmatyerre. She was born and lives at Napperby Station and started painting in 1986. -
Artist - Karen TaylorKaren was born in Port Augusta, South Australia and started to paint at the age of 11 yrs to help her Grandmother who's eyesight was deteriorating. She moved to Alice Springs and has lived there for 24 years. She has developed her own style based on her Grandmother's teachings. -
Artist - Audrey NungarriAudrey Nungarii (Audrey Morton Kngwarrey) is the daughter of Mary Kemarre and Billy Stockman Pitjara Morton. Born in 1954 Audrey has always been involved and surrounded by contemporary painting. Audrey and her three sisters; Lucky, Sarah and Ruby Morton are all artists in their own right. Audrey and her family come from Utopia in Central Australia. Utopia is renowned for its development of famous Aboriginal artists and Audrey has been involved in many of the programs that... -
Product - My Country Utopia RedThe colour is a soft red almost pink. Stephen Pitjara who painted My Country Utopia visiting our store.
