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Latitude
-19.8516101
Longitude
133.2303375
Start Date
1908-01-01
End Date
1908-01-01

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ID
tba22a

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/jimija-jungarrayi
Birth Place
Yarrunkanyi, NT, Australia
Biography
Born c.1908 at Yarrunkanyi (Mt Hardy), to the west of Yuendumu. Yarrunkanyi is associated with the Initiated Men (Ngarrka) Dreaming and the Mala (Western Hare Wallaby) Dreaming. He was one of the group of senior men at Yuendumu involved in the establishment of painting at the settlement. He collaborated with Paddy Japaljarri Sims , Larry Jungarrayi Spencer and Paddy Jupurrurla Nelson on Munga Star Dreaming, 1985, which was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia from the Yuendumu painters’ first Sydney show. He was Warlpiri and lived at Yuendumu much of the time or on his outstation at Jila. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1908
Summary
Warlpiri artist Jungarrayi was one of the senior men who initiated the painting movement in Yuendumu in the mid 1980s. His work, including an early collaborative piece "Munga Star Dreaming", is held in major national art collections.
Gender
Male
Died
1989
Age at death
81