Pintupi Nine
The Pintupi Nine were a group of nine
History
The group roamed between
On the death of the father – husband of the two wives[1] – the group travelled south to where they thought their relatives might be, as they had seen "smokes" in that direction. They encountered two campers from Kiwirrkura but due to a misunderstanding involving a shotgun they fled back north while the campers returned to the community and alerted others who then travelled back with them to find the group. The community members quickly realised that the group were relatives who had been left behind in the desert twenty years earlier, when many had travelled into the missions nearer Alice Springs. The community members travelled by vehicle to where the group were last seen and then tracked them for some time before finding them. After making contact and establishing their relationships, the Pintupi nine were invited to come and live at Kiwirrkura, where most of them still reside.[3]
The
In 1986, Piyiti returned to the desert.[5] Warlimpirrnga, Walala and Tamlik (now known as "Thomas") have gained international recognition in the art world as the Tjapaltjarri Brothers.[6] The three sisters, Yalti, Yikultji and Takariya, are also well-known Aboriginal artists whose works can be seen on exhibition and purchased from a number of art dealers. One of the mothers has died; the other has settled with the three sisters in Kiwirrkurra.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Mahony, Alana (23 December 2014). "The day the Pintupi Nine entered the modern world". BBC News. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "The Last Nomads". Aboriginal Art Store. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
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- ^ Charlie McMahon: Sunday Times[full citation needed]
- ^ a b Adam, Nigel (3 February 2007). "Lost tribe happy in modern world". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "The Tjapaltjarri Brothers: The Last Nomads (Online Exhibition)". Aboriginal Art Store.
- "The End of an Era" The Sunday Times (Western Australia), 4 February 2007, pp 14–17
External links
- Aboriginal art website
- Takariya Napaltjarri's artist page at the Aboriginal Art Store
- Photo on Newspix - Nine Pintupi speakers who made national headlines on their first contact with white Australia. (NPX396927 - 31 October 1984)
- Colliding worlds: first contact in the western desert, 1932-1984. National Museum of Australia reCollections journal, vol. 1 no. 2, September 2006