Mary was born at Ilyara (Punmu) and lived there throughout her childhood.
She traveled around her country with her family.
Until the early 1970s, she lived a traditional life and says, "We been walk 'em, no clothes, nothing.
We proper bush people, no English." Mary is a part of the Yulparija people who walked out of the desert to the coastal town of Bidyadanga in search of water after severe drought had plagued their land.
Mary now lives at Bidyadanga with her husband, the artist Donald Moko..
Mary was born at Ilyara (Punmu) and lived there throughout her childhood.
She traveled around her country with her family.
Until the early 1970s, she lived a traditional life and says, "We been walk 'em, no clothes, nothing.
We proper bush people, no English." Mary is a part of the Yulparija people who walked out of the desert to the coastal town of Bidyadanga in search of water after severe drought had plagued their land.
Mary now lives at Bidyadanga with her husband, the artist Donald Moko..