Yalurrngali Peggy Napaljarri Rockman b. c.1935

Also known as Peggy Rockman
  • Artist (Painter)
Born "in the bush" Lima N.T. around 1935, Warlpiri artist Peggy Rockman "never saw white people when she was little". She learnt English while working as the Lajamanu school cleaner and took up painting in 1986.
Name
Yalurrngali Peggy Napaljarri Rockman
Also known as Peggy Rockman
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • School cleaner (ANZSIC code: 7311)
Birth date
c.1935
Birth place
Lima, NT
Birth note
"in the bush".
Active Period
  • c.1986-
Residence
  • Lajamanu, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Jaluwangu
Dreaming
  • Ngarlu
  • Laju
  • Warna
  • Ngatijirri
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Warlpiri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary