Tingari Freda-brady-tag born c1925

born c1925

‘warnayarra’ (the ‘rainbow serpent’) and the snake carried water to create the large lake

Pantjiya married George Maxwell Tjangala

moving from their traditional nomadic way of life

Tingari Freda-brady-tag born c1925Ronnie Tjampitjinpa passed away in 2023 He was born in Pintupi land at Muyinnga near the Western Australian border. After his initiation into Pintupi law, he and his brother walked to Yuendumu and later joined their family at Papunya in 1956. He worked as a labourer and became one of the founding members of the Western Desert art movement in 1971, establishing Papunya Tula Artists. In the 1970s, Tjampitjinpa championed the outstation movement, leading