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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Nada - Yimirri
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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Nada - Yimirri
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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Nada - Yimirri
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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Nada - Yimirri
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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Kuttararra
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TJIGILA NADA RAWLINS
Kiriwirri
Tjigila Nada Rawlins is a Wangkajungka woman born circa 1936 near Kiriwirr, in the southern stretches of Wangkatjungka country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Her country incorporates Percival lakes, a chain of salt lakes running for hundreds of kilometres across the desert. As traditional owners and custodians of the country, Tjigila’s family and relatives were familiar with sources of fresh water, often located within the salt lakes.
Tjigila says of her early life: “I was born in the Great Sandy Desert. My mother never put me in a blanket. I never saw my father. We walked from the desert along the Canning Stock Route. We walked through Billiluna. One kartiya (European) called Len Brown picked us up early in the morning in a truck. He took us to Moola Bulla. I had a sore on my arm and they took me to the clinic. They gave me lots of needles. When my arm was better I lived with my family at Moola Bulla. Then we walked alongside the river to Christmas Creek. We walked because we had no motorcar. We carried our swags on our heads.”
Tjigila later became a founding member of Karrayili Adult Education Centre and began painting in 1994 at the Karrayili annexe established in Wangkajungka community, 100km southeast of Fitzroy Crossing. Today, she lives in Fitzroy Crossing and is an accomplished painter, well-known for the atmospheric abstract landscapes of her country Kiriwirr.
Tjigila Nada Rawlins is a Wangkajungka woman born circa 1936 near Kiriwirr, in the southern stretches of Wangkatjungka country, in the Great Sandy Desert. Her country incorporates Percival lakes, a chain of salt lakes running for hundreds of kilometres across the desert. As traditional owners and custodians of the country, Tjigila’s family and relatives were familiar with sources of fresh water, often located within the salt lakes.
Tjigila says of her early life: “I was born in the Great Sandy Desert. My mother never put me in a blanket. I never saw my father. We walked from the desert along the Canning Stock Route. We walked through Billiluna. One kartiya (European) called Len Brown picked us up early in the morning in a truck. He took us to Moola Bulla. I had a sore on my arm and they took me to the clinic. They gave me lots of needles. When my arm was better I lived with my family at Moola Bulla. Then we walked alongside the river to Christmas Creek. We walked because we had no motorcar. We carried our swags on our heads.”
Tjigila later became a founding member of Karrayili Adult Education Centre and began painting in 1994 at the Karrayili annexe established in Wangkajungka community, 100km southeast of Fitzroy Crossing. Today, she lives in Fitzroy Crossing and is an accomplished painter, well-known for the atmospheric abstract landscapes of her country Kiriwirr.
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