Pauline Napanagardi Gallagher b. 1950 Yuendumu, Northern Territory

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist from Yuendumu, now living in Nyirrpi. She carried out a painting on the Nyirrpi school wall in 1989.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Pauline Napanagardi Gallagher
Birth date
c.1950
Birth place
Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Nyirrpi, Northern Territory
Active Period
  • 1988- 1989
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Dreaming
  • Honey Ant
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born c.1950 at Yuendumu, Pauline Gallagher is a Warlpiri speaker. Her country is Yuendumu, and she paints Honey Ant Dreaming for this place. She lives at Nyirrpi, and is married to Charles Gallagher . She has connections with the Aboriginal communities of Yuendumu, Kintore, and those in Alice Springs. She did a painting on the Nyirrpi school wall in 1989 and probably began painting in the late ’80s.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Charles Jampijinpa Gallagher
1920
Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Charles Jampijinpa Gallagher
1920
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Mary Napangardi Brown
1950
Artist (Painter)
mural, Nyirrpi school wall
Date
1989