Name: Anthea Nargoodah
Language: Walmajarri, Nyigina
Community: Jimbalakudunj
Biography:
Anthea comes from a large family of artists and performers. She learnt about country from her mothers and her grandparents, she has two children of her own. Her father Johnny is from Nyikina side, her mother Eva is Walmajarri/Gooniyandi. She is also family for Mr and Mrs Snell, of Kurtal, and niece to Putuparri Tom Lawford, and Ningali Lawford Wolf who has a successful acting career.
Tutujarti Trees (Desert Walnut) Tutujarti trees all around the two waterhole called Nyijil Nyijil, that way out in the desert; That’s my family country, my family comes from the desert. It has a nut called Read more…
Jurnta (Bush Onion) JURNTA that we digem up from the ground sometime we eat it raw or sometime we throw in the coals
Bush Onion (Jurnta) This country Booloowatu. My community grows bush onions. During the dry season jurnta goes black. This means they are ripe (cooked) and ready to dig up and cook on the coals. The Read more…