TLCMap Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places

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George Tjungurrayi

Layer: DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
Type: Other

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Latitude: -26
Longitude: 121
Start Date: 1943-01-01
End Date: 1943-01-01

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tb9e63

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DAAO URL: https://www.daao.org.au/bio/george-tjungurrayi
Birth Place: Western Australia, WA, Australia
Biography: Born 'in the bush’ in Pintupi country across the WA border c.1943. He began painting in Papunya about 1976 for Papunya Tula Artists and continued while residing at Yai Yai, Warawiya, Mt Liebig and after settling in Kintore in the early 1980s. His ancestral country covers the sites around Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura, Lake Mackay, Kulkuta, Karku, Ngaluwinyamana, and Kilpinya to the north-west of Kintore across the WA border. He paints the Tingari stories for this region. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born: b. c.1943
Summary: Pintupi artist who has painted for Papunya Tula Artists since approximately 1976, becoming in the 1990s one of the company's leading painters.
Gender: Male
Died: None listed
Age at death: None listed