IN the painting Goorladoorboo - Alligator Creek, a line of uneven dots traverses the canvas, representing the footsteps of late artist Peter Windarrwing Newry's grandfather as he walked away from the creek as the sole survivor of a mass poisoning.

The ochre painting, along with five others, now line the walls of Mildura's NAP Contemporary, telling the stories of the Newry and his Miriwoong countr...