Desert Oak Bush Honey

Trephina Sultan Thanguwa

Following is a selection of my works, based on my ‘Bush Honey’, one of the popular treats enjoyed by children and adults and the ‘Desert Oak Bush Honey’. Where canvas size is mentioned, these are approximation (all works displayed have been sold).

Desert Oak Bush Honey

Bush Honey is a delicacy among the Aboriginal People. There are many different types of bush honey. This painting represent the honey that drips off the Desert Oak found in Central Australia.

Image Size: 60 cm x 70 cm

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Desert Oak Bush Honey

Bush Honey is a delicacy among the Aboriginal People. There are many different types of bush honey. This painting represent the honey that drips off the Desert Oak found in Central Australia.

Image Size: 60 cm x 130 cm

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Bush Honey / Desert Oak

Bush Honey is a delicacy among the Aboriginal People. There are many different types of bush honey. This painting represent the honey that drips off the Desert Oak tree.

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Additional Reference

The Desert Oaks of Central Australia is a significant tree in Aboriginal culture and plays a significant role in Aboriginal Dreaming. The Desert Oaks offers shade in Mina Mina country, an important women’s dreaming site where they gather for ceremonies, and is found painted into aboriginal art of the central and western deserts.

It is a major subject and can be found depicted in the works of artists from art centres such as Warlukurlangu in Yuendumu as the central story, “Desert Oak Dreaming”. It also features prominently in the works of internationally renowned artist Dorothy Napangardi who references the desert oak in many of her major works that of her “Country” of Mina Mina.

Check out our flora information for plants known to provide bush honey, including the Honey Grevillea, Desert Grevillea and the Desert Oak.