Artist | TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN

Artist | TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN


Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN of Mimili Maku Arts. The title is Antara. [244-19] (Acrylic on Linen)

TUPPY NGINTJA GOODWIN

Antara

Born 1960 Family name: Nyanyanta Language: Pitjantjatjara Tuppy is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman committed to fostering traditional law and culture, dance and painting.

Tuppy’s father’s name was Nguyarangu (dec) and his country was near Docker River.

Her mother’s name was Emily Nyanyanta and her country was Wintutjuru, west of Fregon on the APY Lands.

Tuppy Goodwin was born in the bush near Bumbali Creek and she moved to Mimili with her family when she was a baby.

At the time Mimili was called Everard Park, it was a cattle station which was eventually returned to the Yankunytjatjara people in the mid-1960s.

Her brother is Robin Kankapankatja from Fregon.

She has an older sister Ngilan Dodd and a younger brother Willy Pompey who both live in Mimili.

Tuppy had three children with Reggie Goodwin (dec), David, Maxine and Neville Goodwin.

Tuppy was a pre-school teacher at the Mimili Anangu School for thirty years, she retired in 2009 and began painting at the Art Centre in 2010.

Tuppy lives in Mimili with her husband Mumu Mike Williams and she has three grand-children Jasmine, Eva and Kishana.

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Born 1960 Family name: Nyanyanta Language: Pitjantjatjara Tuppy is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman committed to fostering traditional law and culture, dance and painting.

Tuppy’s father’s name was Nguyarangu (dec) and his country was near Docker River.

Her mother’s name was Emily Nyanyanta and her country was Wintutjuru, west of Fregon on the APY Lands.

Tuppy Goodwin was born in the bush near Bumbali Creek and she moved to Mimili with her family when she was a baby.

At the time Mimili was called Everard Park, it was a cattle station which was eventually returned to the Yankunytjatjara people in the mid-1960s.

Her brother is Robin Kankapankatja from Fregon.

She has an older sister Ngilan Dodd and a younger brother Willy Pompey who both live in Mimili.

Tuppy had three children with Reggie Goodwin (dec), David, Maxine and Neville Goodwin.

Tuppy was a pre-school teacher at the Mimili Anangu School for thirty years, she retired in 2009 and began painting at the Art Centre in 2010.

Tuppy lives in Mimili with her husband Mumu Mike Williams and she has three grand-children Jasmine, Eva and Kishana.

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