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Ngapa Jukurrpaby Ormay Nangala GallagherThe country associated with this Ngapa Jukurrpa is Mikanji, a watercourse west of Yuendumu Community in Central Australia. Mikanji is usually dry. There are water soakages in this creek bed. The owners of this Dreaming site are Nangala and Nampijinpa women and the Jangala and Jampijinpa men. Mikanji is an important water Dreaming site, and features in at least three different water Dreaming tracks. |
ArtistOrmay Nangala Gallagher comes from Yuendumu Community, approximately 300km from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Ormay is a Warlpiri artist who completed her teachers training and worked at the Nyirripi School. She began painting in the 1980’s and continues to paint today for Warlukurlangu Artists at Yuendumu. She typically paints her father’s Dreaming Emu and Ngapa featured at Mikanji as well as Pama-Pardu at Waylka and Wantungurru. In 2008 Ormay travelled with Warlukurlangu Artists to Bahrain and in 2009 to Delhi, India. Her paintings have been featured in a number of group exhibitions. |
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