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.
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)