George ward tjungurrayi biography books
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Collection: George Ward Tjungurrayi
George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near Kiwirrkurra. It was only in his teenage years that he first encountered Europeans, when a commonwealth welfare patrol came upon his family group camped by a desert waterhole. After travelling to the government settlement at Papunya, first home of the desert painting movement,
George Ward worked briefly as a fencer and a butcher in the community kitchen. He began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists in about 1976. His country covers the sites around Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura, Lake Mackay, Kulkuta, Karku, Ngaluwinyamana and Kilpinya to the north-west of Kintore across the West Australian border. George paints the Tingari stories for this region.
In 2004 George Ward Tjungurrayi won the 2004 Wynne Art Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for his topographical depiction of the Western Desert. He has also exhibited in many galleries throughout Australia and worldwide. His works are highly sought after by c
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Aboriginal Men and Women of High Degree
Ngangkari, or medicine men and women, have nurtured the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of their people for thousands of years. The term ngangkari applies to traditional healers of the Anangu, who live mostly in the APY Lands, which encompass about 103,000 square kilometres (40,000 square miles) of South Australia and include the Western Desert Cultural Bloc of Aboriginal peoples. It is also the term used by Pintupi/Luritja people. The variant spelling, ngangkere, is used in the Arrernte languages, while in much of Western Australia the words Maparn and Maparri are terms used for traditional healers. In Yolŋu law, Madayin, of Arnhemland, authorized traditional healers and doctors are called Marrŋgiyj. Many of these remarkable doctors, steeped in the deepest knowledge of their culture, have also been renowned artists, including these mentioned below.
Helicopter Tjungurrayi (1947 - )
Kukaja artist Helicopter Tjungurrayi is from Balgo
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