Maudie Nungarrayi Petersen b. 1937

  • Artist (Painter)
A Luritja speaker from Mt Liebig, Maudie Peterson transferred the painting skills she learnt decorating coolamons and boomerangs onto works on canvas in the mid 1980s.
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Name
Maudie Nungarrayi Petersen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1937
Birth place
Napperby station, Napperby, NT, Napperby Station, NT
Active Period
  • c.1987 - c.2006
Residence
  • Mt Liebig
  • Haasts Bluff
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Grandmother
  • Napaltjarris
  • Witchetty Grub (Kunatjarrayi)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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