Name: Jonita Samson
Language: Manyjilyjarra
Community: Parnpajinya
Biography:
My name is Jonita, I was born in Port Headland and I grow up in Newman and then went to Jigalong stayed with my grandmother for awhile. I went to school there for a while and then came
My Nana and Judith taught me to paint. I just went to get a brush and paint and then did it.
Untitled Parnajarrpa (sand goanna) are one of the most prized and reliable food sources hunted by Martu, found throughout Australia in sand plain and dune habitats. They are hunted by both men and women, though Read more…
Untitled Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known Read more…
Eighty mile beach/Warru Creek A special place , for fishing to get fish, mud crab, stingray, black tip shark (Djuduwyi), we used to walk from Mandora Station which is 3 and a half km walking Read more…