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Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa Skin name: Nampijinpa Year of birth: 1959 Place of birth: Mt. Allan Maureen is a well known artist and has a long history of painting. Most of Maureen’s family are artists including her sister Jean Hudson, and cousin Clifford Possum. She learned to paint by looking at the body designs and ground painting in women’s ceremonies. While Maureen used to be a teacher aid at Mt. Allan, she now says: “It’s great to be an artist, now my life is to be an artist.” Maureen has three children and eight grandchildren who she teaches to paint. Room 5122 Title: Sand Dunes at Warlukurlangu Maureen painted the movement of sand dunes at Warlukurlaongu (Fire Country - a story from her father’s side), which constantly change the desert landscape in Maureen’s homeland of Mt. Allan. She painted this artwork while sitting under a Humpy (handmade tree shade) out bush. “It is nice and quiet there” she says. Room 5211 Title: Mt. Allan Here Maureen has painted her country, which is Mt Allan. This painting depicts the small rock holes and striking sand dunes from the area of her birthplace. Room 5216 Title: Warlukalongu (Fire Country) This colourful painting depicts the ceremonial place for the Nampijinpa and Napaltjarri women. <strong>The</strong> squares represent the Warlukurlangu (Fire Country). 22 | THE LASSETERS COLLECTION
Mervyn Rubuntja Skin name: Japanangka Year of birth: 1958 Language: Western Arrernte Place of birth: Telegraph Station, Alice Springs Mervyn’s mother, Cynthia (Kamara) was a Western Arrernte woman. His father was the famous painter, the late Winton Rubuntja Pengarte. His father has been an important role model for Mervyn. He was a senior law man and and a respected member of his community. He fought for Aboriginal rights and protection of the land and worked alongside the Central Land Council and assisted in the Marbo agreement. (See his biography ‘<strong>The</strong> Town Grew Up Dancing’, IAD Press). Mervyn is following in his father’s footsteps and painting his watercolours in the way his father taught him. Room 5311 Title: MacDonnell Ranges, NT Michael Nelson Jakamarra Skin name: Jakamarra Year of birth: 1949 Language: Warlpiri Place of birth: Pikilyi (Vaughan Springs), west of Yuendumu Michael’s first contact with white people happened at Mt. Doreen Station when he was about eight years old and resulted in him hiding in fear. His family then settled at Yuendumu where Michael was educated at the mission. In 1976 he moved to Papunya, his wife’s country and was mentored by some of the earlier Papunya artists. In 1987, after he won the National Aboriginal Art Award, an 8.2 m long painting by Michael was installed in the foyer of the Sydney Opera House. He was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II in 1988 at the opening of the New Parliament House as the designer of the mosaic in the forecourt of the building. Room 5108 Title: Mt. Allan This is an Aboriginal iconographic representation of lightning strikes used during some water ceremonies. This Jukurrpa or Dreaming belongs to the Jakamarra and the Jupurrula sections. THE LASSETERS COLLECTION | 23
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Page 7 and 8: Doreen Dickson Skin name: Nakamarra
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Page 11 and 12: Gloria Petyarre Skin name: Temarre
Page 13 and 14: Jorna Newberry Year of birth: 1959
Page 15 and 16: Kim Butler Skin name: Naparrula Yea
Page 17 and 18: Room 5109 Title: Water Comes to Wal
Page 19 and 20: Mari Napurulla Skin name: Napurulla
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Page 25 and 26: Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Skin name
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Page 31 and 32: Thomas Tjapaltjarri Year of birth:
Page 33 and 34: Vanessa Inkamala Skin name: Naparru
Page 35 and 36: FEATURED ARTIST Kathleen Buzzacott

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