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I was born In the desert. I never saw my mother or father. They
died in the desert. When I was crawling age I went to Christmas
Creek Station. I was promised to an old man, he had two wives.
We had no clothes. All our family who were already living at
the station gave us clothes. We were all frightened. The station
manager was hitting people so we ran away. The police tracked
us down and put chains around the men. They tied my husband
up. Then I worked at the main quarters for the police - collecting
eggs and washing plates.
Exhibition History
Group Exhibitions
1991 Karrayili , Tandanya, Adelaide
1992 Group Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1993 Images Of Power , National Gallery of Victoria
Mangkaja
Women, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
1994 Ngajakura Ngurrara Minyarti- this
is my country, Festival
Of Perth Exhibition / Artplace Gallery, Perth
1995 Group Show, Australian Perspectives Gallery, Brisbane
Kimberley Art, Melbourne
National Aboriginal Art Award, Selected
to hang
1996 Group Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1997 National Aboriginal Art Award, Selected to hang Group
Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1998 Group Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1999 Ngurrara, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2001 Ngurrara Canvas, National Gallery of Australia
Mangkaja
Arts Ten Years On Mangkaja’s 10 year Anniversary Show,
Tandanya, Adelaide
2002 Group Show, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Mangkaja Women, Raft Artspace, Darwin
Jila, Jumu, Jiwari & Wirrkuja,
University of Western Australia
Fitzroy Fusions, Raft Artspace,
Darwin
2004 This is Still My Country... 10
years on... Perth International
Arts Festival- Artplace, Perth
Ngurrara Canvas , Perth Concert
Hall, Perth International Arts Festival
Works on Paper, Kaliman
Gallery, Sydney
Awards
1997 Work on Paper Prize National Aboriginal Art Award
Publications
1991 Karrayili; 10 years on, Exhibition Catalogue
Aboriginal women's Exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery Of New
South Wales
1993 Mangkaja Women Exhibition catalogue, Fremantle Art Centre
1994 Ngajakura Ngurrara Minyarti, This Is
My Country, Exhibition
Catalogue
1996 Minyarti Wangki Ngajukura Ngurrarajangka; This is the word
from my country, Exhibition Catalogue
1998 Jila Painted Waters of the Great Sandy
Desert, Video Documentary
/ SBS Television
2000 Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art, Oxford University Press & ANU
Karrayili The history of Karrayili Adult Education Centre , IATSIS
Canberra
Painting Up Big, The Ngurrara Canvas , Kaltja Now National Aboriginal
Cultural Institute - Tandanya
2003 Martuwarra and Jila, Jumu, Jiwari and
Wirrkuja, Exhibition
Catalogue Cullity Gallery UWA Perth / Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency
The Painted Desert The Fate of an Aboriginal Masterpiece, New Yorker
Magazine July 28
Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia,
National Gallery of Victoria
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