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Timothy Tjungurrayi Dempsey

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DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
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Latitude
-23.447
Longitude
131.882
Start Date
1942-01-01
End Date
1942-01-01

Description

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ID
tb9e8a

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/timothy-tjungurrayi-dempsey
Birth Place
Haasts Bluff, NT, Australia
Biography
Born at Haasts Bluff c.1942, he was the older brother of Barney Daniels , with whom he shared this country, close to their mother’s country in the Papunya/Napperby area. Timothy’s father was a Warlpiri speaker from the Lajamanu area. The artist gave his tribal affiliation as Luritja. Timothy received some schooling at Narwietooma station. He worked as a stockman then as a mechanic on bore maintenance before settling in Papunya in the early ’60s, helping in the transfer of people from Haasts Bluff to the new settlement. He was family to artist Mary Dixon . He lived near his traditional country on Five Mile outstation near Papunya and painted Centipede, Spear Ceremony, Barking Spider and Hunting for Kangaroo Dreamings, and painted occasionally for Papunya Tula Artists as well as the Centre for Aboriginal Artists in Alice Springs. He was married to Epingka Nangala and they had three daughters and a son. Epingka paints the Women’s Dreaming for her country at Haasts Bluff, and began producing occasional paintings in the mid ’80s. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biogrpaher Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1942
Summary
Luritja artist who moved to Papunya in the early 1960s. He began painting for Papunya Tula in the mid 1980s but mainly sold his work through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists in Alice Springs.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed