THE MPARNTWE PROJECT
Larapinta Primary School
CONTENTS
1 ALICE SPRINGS (MPARNTWE) STORIES
By Dillon, Simone, Nicole, Zac, Kelly, Dannielle, Latoyah, Oceania And Katelyn
2 EMILY GAP
By Zac, Nicole, Simone.
3 THE CATERPILLAR'S STORY
By Kelly, Katelyn
4 THE STORY OF TODD RIVER TREES
By Nicole, Latoyah, Kelly And Oceania
5 ABOUT EMILY GAP
By Simone
6 ANTHWERRKE (EMILY GAP)
By Dillon, Zac
7 STINKY BEETLES AT EMILY GAP
By Oceania
8 YEPERENYE FEDERATION FESTIVAL
By Kelly
9 TWO SISTERS
By Dannielle And Kelly
10 THE EMU BUSH GRUB (UTNERRENGATYE)
By Simone
11 UTNERRENGATYE, EMU BUSH GRUB
By Latoyah
12 TYAPE NTYARLKE (THE ELEPHANT GRUB)
By Nicole
13 TYAPE NTYARLKE (THE ELEPHANT GRUB)
By Kelly
14 AYEPE-ARENYE (TAR VINE CATERPILLAR)
By Zac
15 THE TAR VINE CATERPILLAR
By Dillon
16 GLOSSARY
By Oceania, Zac, Latoyah
17 TEACHER'S NOTES
ANTHWERRKE (EMILY GAP)
By Dillon, Zac


THIS IS ABOUT EMILY GAP


Left: ANTHWERRKE (EMILY GAP)
The Irlperenye (stinky beetle people) and the Yeperenye (caterpillar people) have been worst enemies since time began.

Caterpillars came from Central Mt Stuart, the Finke River and Mt Zeil. The Yeperenye caterpillars met the Irlperenye at Emily gap. The Irlperenye defeated most of the caterpillars and the rest of the caterpillars retreated. Some caterpillars died by getting their heads bitten off. The guts of the caterpillars that died formed the rocks at Emily Gap. The caterpillars that survived created rivers and trees and headed off to Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

At Emily Gap there is a sacred site for men only. The men had to follow one set of foot prints so the spirits think there is only one person coming in the sacred site. If you go right off the track you get punished. There were pictures in the sacred site that were painted by the older men. They were regularly repainted so people could still see what the pictures looked like.