George Tjapaltjarri b. c.1950

Also known as Jampu, Dr George
  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi artist who was lived at Papunya, Yuendumu, Balgo and Walungurru (Kintore) before settling back in Kiwirrkura, near where he was born. He painted for Papunya Tula Artists from the early 1980s and also worked in community health in Kintore and Kiwirrkura.
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Name
George Tjapaltjarri
Also known as:
  • Jampu (means left-handed)
  • Dr George
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Health Worker
  • Aboriginal Doctor
Birth date
c.1950
Birth place
Jupiter Well, WA
Birth note
near Kiwirrkura
Death date
2005
Residence
  • c.1990 - Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1981 - c.1990 Walungurru (Kintore), NT
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
  • Balgo (Balgo Hills), WA
  • c.1967 - Papunya, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Winparku, WA
  • Karrinwara
  • Kilingya
Dreaming
  • Tingari
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

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Residences
  • c.1990 - Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1981 - c.1990 Walungurru (Kintore), NT
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
  • Balgo (Balgo Hills), WA
  • c.1967 - Papunya, NT
  • c.1990 - Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1981 - c.1990 Walungurru (Kintore), NT
  • - Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
  • - Balgo (Balgo Hills), WA
  • c.1967 - Papunya, NT
Other occupations
  • Health Worker
  • Aboriginal Doctor
  • Health Worker -
  • Aboriginal Doctor -
Heritage countries
  • Winparku, WA
  • Karrinwara
  • Kilingya
  • Winparku, WA
  • Karrinwara
  • Kilingya
Related person groups
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT (associate of)
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT (associate of)
Field Changes
Biography
Initial contributors
  • Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
  • Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
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