Waterhole Sally-ann-roberts-tag Nyangarni’s family and other groups

Nyangarni’s family and other groups migrated north to the cattle station country surrounding the Fitzroy Valley

born c1925

and the custodian over the Women's Dreamtime stories associated with Kunajarrayi

its features and the fauna and flora that inhabit it

Emily did not encounter European settlers until she was a teenager

Waterhole Sally-ann-roberts-tag Nyangarni’s family and other groupsRosie Tarku King's story I was born at a jumu [soak water] called Payinjarra in the Great Sandy Desert. I walked out from the desert with my husband when I was a young girl. I left my mother and brother Kumanjayi [deceased] Pijaju behind at Japingka. My husband had two wives, my older sister and myself. These two passed away a long time ago, here in the river country at Brooking Springs Station. When we left the desert we walked for a long time. We