Ju Ju Wilson (born at Mantinea Flats, northern part of

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) is an

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artist and part of the contemporary Indigenous Australian art movement. Besides being a prolific painter, tour guide, much sought-after cultural advisor, she is also an expert in bush tucker and medicines, author of booklets (on these subjects),

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maker and player, authority on Aboriginal sacred sites and

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. She is frequently invited to make appearances on television shows to talk about her art and abilities, such as her 2008 appearance on ''

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Goes Walkabout'' on

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Personal life

Mother of six, Ju Ju comes from the Miriwung-Gajerrong group of the

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region and was educated at Beagle Bay. Four generations of her family are artists (her maternal grandmother, her mother and her daughter are also very talented aboriginal artists). Her Miriwoong name is ''Burriwee'' and she can speak five Aboriginal languages fluently.

References

External links

Ju Ju Wilson's profile and art
Living people Australian Aboriginal artists People from the Kimberley (Western Australia) Australian women painters 21st-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian artists Year of birth missing (living people) {{IndigenousAustralia-stub