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Narputta Nangala
Narputta Nangala Jugadai (1933–2010) was an Aboriginal Australian artist born at Karrkurutinytja, who later lived at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji) in the Northern Territory. Her language group was Pintupi dialect, Pintupi/Pitjantjatjara language, Pitjantjatjara, and her Dreamtime, Dreaming was "Snake", "Jangala, Two Men" and "Two Women". She was a senior artist in her community at Ikuntji and prominent among the Ikuntji Women's Centre (later Ikuntji Artists) painters. She was the wife of the painter, Timmy Tjungurrayi Jugadai, and mother of Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri and Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri. Her work ''Karrkurutinytja'' (a depiction of her birthplace) is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Seven works are held in the National Gallery of Victoria, four again entitled ''Kaakurutinytja'' (Lake Macdonald, Lake MacDonald), in addition to the works: ''One Jakamarra'', 1995, ''Ngurrapalangu'', 1994, and ''Tjangala kutjarra, kuniya kutjarra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Macdonald
Lake Macdonald (Pintupi dialect, Pintupi: Karrkurutinyja) is an ephemeral lake that straddles the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It lies south of Lake Mackay, and south-west of Kintore, Northern Territory. Lying in country inhabited by Indigenous Australians for many thousands of years, it was first visited by Europeans in 1889, as part of an expedition supported by the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. The expedition was led by William Tietkens; its activities included the first known photographs taken of Uluru. The lake is named after the secretary of the Victorian branch of the Geographical Society at that time. The area has been investigated for the mining of potash. The lake marks the southern boundary of the Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area. The land around Karrkurutinyja was the birthplace of contemporary Indigenous Australian artists including Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungarrayi, Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi and Narputta Nangala, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |