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Latitude
-19.8516101
Longitude
133.2303375
Start Date
1937-01-01
End Date
1937-01-01

Description

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ID
tb9f27

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/lily-kngwarreye
Birth Place
McDonald Downs station, Northern Territory, Australia
Biography
Born c.1937 McDonald Downs Station, Lily Kngwarreye is an Alyawarre speaker. Her country is Entibera, and she is the senior woman for this site, referred to by all Petyarre skin-group nieces on Entibera women’s business. She is the eldest daughter of a very senior and important Alyawarre elder, Jacob Jones. Her main Dreaming is Two Sisters. She also paints various bush food stories including Honey Grevillea, and like most of the Utopia artists, began painting in summer 1988-9 for CAAMA, after years of previous experience making batik. She is currently part of the Arawerre community in the north of Utopia Aboriginal Land. Emily Kngwarreye is her adopted sister. She exhibited at the Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in Melbourne in 1989 and Hogarth and Coo-ee Galleries in 1991. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1937
Summary
Alyawarre speaker and senior woman at Arawerre (in the north of Utopia), Northern Territory. A skilled batik artist and painter, her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Gender
Female
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed