Wipana was born in the bush at Makiri rockhole (minyma tjala Tjukurpa honey ant womens creation site) in the Western Desert in 1935.
Her mother’s country is Watarru and her father’s place is Aparatjara.
She grew up at the mission at Ernabella and remembers her school days fondly.
"At school we learn’t in Pitjantjatjara, English wiya (no english).
All the kids were nikkiti no clothes.
Ngaltutjara poor things!" Later she moved to Fregon with her family, where she married and brought up her children.
She helped to establish Watarru
.Wipana was born in the bush at Makiri rockhole (minyma tjala Tjukurpa honey ant womens creation site) in the Western Desert in 1935.
Her mother’s country is Watarru and her father’s place is Aparatjara.
She grew up at the mission at Ernabella and remembers her school days fondly.
"At school we learn’t in Pitjantjatjara, English wiya (no english).
All the kids were nikkiti no clothes.
Ngaltutjara poor things!" Later she moved to Fregon with her family, where she married and brought up her children.
She helped to establish Watarru
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