Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census. Bethlehem was also known as the City of David and Joseph was a descendant of David.
Name: N Kumanara Donald
Language: Arrernte, Luritja, Pitjantjara
Community: Alice Springs
Biography:
Kumanara (Nyinta) Donald was born on Angas Downs Station in the summer of 1946. Her father Barney Donald, whose Pitjantjatjara name was Poyajilbi, was a Tjungarrayi man from Punritjanta (Bloods Range) the northern side of the Petermann Ranges, Northern Territory. Her mother Awiterri, was from Kaanpi, south of the Mann Ranges, South Australia. Her parents met at Kaltukatjara (Docker River) and then moved to Angas Downs Station, where Poyajilbi worked bringing harvested salt to Alice Springs on camel caravans. Her mother raised her and her three brothers, but during severe drought, like many other families from this region, the family moved to Areyonga Government Reserve administered by the Lutheran Mission.
K N Donald lived at Areyonga for many years, marrying a fellow resident Mr K (Freddie) Peipei (now deceased). They had three sons, who are all grown. N Donald worked at the Areyonga primary school as a bilingual educator for a long time. N Donald has also painted for a long time, including for the former Ngurratjuta Art Centre. A member of the Alice Springs Lutheran Church and its Mission Block Choir, Her work is often informed by her spiritual beliefs and involvement with the church community.
N Donald's work is held by the Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank and in the Slattery Collection. Last year, she was a Sulman finalist with her work 'Our Aboriginal Women's Choir' and a finalist in the 2023 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Award. She was winner of the Stories Prize in the Advocate Art Award (2021), highly commended in the Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize (2019), and finalist in the Vincent Lingiari Art Award (2021) and Blake Prize for Religious Art (2018).
Fire Crackers, Territory Day “Territory day when it was raining, this year. Fun night, we got the car and drove out Larapinta side, let the kids out to see them crackers, family night. The kids Read more…
Daughter Sam Sam This is my daughter Sam Sam standing tall on the sandhill.