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Know Our Name: First Nations Women Artists

Published 2020
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Curator Kelli Cole (Warumungu/Luritja people) discusses First Nations artists in the exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now.

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Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara people

Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country)
2020

Yhonnie Scarce, Kokatha/Nukunu/Mirning peoples

Thunder Raining Poison
2015

Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Dorcas Tinnimai Bennett, Cynthia Nyungalya Burke, Roma Yanyakarri Butler, J. Chambers, Chriselda A. Farmer, Sheila Partjunin Giles, Dianne Ungukalpi Golding, Polly Pawuya Jackson, Nancy Nyanyana Jackson, Eunice Yunurupa Porter, Winifred Puntjina Reid, Rosalie Richards, Delilah Shepherd, Erica Ikungka Shorty, D. Smythe, Martha Yunurupa Ward, Nancy Nangawarra Ward, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra people, Ngaanyatjarra people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people, Ngaanyatjarra\xa0people

Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters)
2020

Kunmanara Kawiny, Pitjantjatjara people

Seven Sisters
2011

Kunmanara Kawiny, Pitjantjatjara people

Seven Sisters
2013

Tjungkara Ken, Sandra Ken, Yaritji Young, Freda Brady, Maringka Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara people, Pitjantjatjara people

Seven Sisters
2018

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Anmatyerre people

The Alhalkere suite
1993

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