Maudie Nungarrayi Petersen b. 1937

  • Artist (Painter)
A Luritja speaker from Mt Liebig, Maudie Peterson transferred the painting skills she learnt decorating coolamons and boomerangs onto works on canvas in the mid 1980s.
Name
Maudie Nungarrayi Petersen
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1937
Birth place
Napperby station, Napperby, NT, Napperby Station, NT
Active Period
  • c.1987 - c.2006
Residence
  • Mt Liebig
  • Haasts Bluff
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Grandmother
  • Napaltjarris
  • Witchetty Grub (Kunatjarrayi)
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Luritja
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary