June Ngale Bird b. Waite River, NT

  • Artist (Painter)
Anmatyerre artist, daughter of Ada Bird Petyarre, who resides at Akaye Soakage (Mulga Bore), NT. Works with batik and began painting with acrylics during the Summer Project in 1988.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
June Ngale Bird
Birth date
Birth place
Waite River, NT
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Akaye soakage (Mulga Bore), NT
Active Period
  • c.1988-
  • c.1978-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Mulga Bore, NT
Dreaming
  • Alpira
  • Endunga Tichna
  • Tapalya, Bush Plum
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born at Waite River, June Bird is the daughter of Ada Bird Petyarre . An Anmatyerre speaker, her country is Mulga Bore, and she paints Bush Plum (Tapalya), Endunga Tichna and Alpira Dreamings. She has been producing batiks since 1978 and began painting with the Summer Project in 1988. She lives at Mulga Bore (Akaye Soakage).

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
child of
Ada Petyarre Bird
1930
associate of
Ada Petyarre Bird
1930
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