In this work, Ngapa Jukurrpa depicts the sacred site of Pirlinyarnu. Translated into French as ‘place near a rock’, this is a watering hole carved into the rock, symbolising life in the desert. This watering hole, located 165 km west of Yuendumu, is associated with many stories from the Dreamtime - the mythical time of creation for the Aborigines. During the Dreamtime, two rainmaking ancestors from the Jangala family called down rain with their songs and unleashed a huge storm. This storm merged with another and moved along various clan territories. It was then seized by a brown hawk ancestor (kirrkarlanji). The storm was too heavy for him, so he dropped it on Pirlinyarnu, where a very large swamp (maluri) formed. This marsh still exists today and when it rains, hundreds of ducks (ngapangarla) gather there.