Norah Napaljarri Nelson b. 1956

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist who was living at Yuendumu when she began painting in about 1987. She is renowned for her Milky Way paintings, produced with the permission of the Dreaming's custodian Paddy Sims, one of which was made into a mosaic in the new court complex in Darwin.
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Name
Norah Napaljarri Nelson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1956
Birth place
Haasts Bluff, NT
Active Period
  • c.1986-
Residence
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Naru
Dreaming
  • Yiwarra (Milky Way)
  • Pangkurlangu (Giant)
  • Karntajarra (Two Women)
  • Ngarlikirdi/Warna (Witchetty Grub/Snake)
  • Ngarlkirdi (Witchetty Grubs)
  • Ngaru (Bush Plum)
  • Ngarlkirdu
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT

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