Centre for Australian Art

Australian Prints + Printmaking

Emily Kam Kngwarray

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Name

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Other names

NGWARAI, Emily

Culture

Aboriginal Australian

Gender

Female

Birth date

about 1910

Birth place

Alhalker (Soakage Bore), Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Death date

September 1996

Death Place

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Artist (painter) | Artist (textile) | Drawer

NGA IRN

15033

Context

Australia

Biography

Emily NGWARAI
 
Emily Ngwarai in the Central Desert Region, she is one of the few women who has never married. She is the eldest artist doing batik at Utopia and often depicts plants from around Utopia.
 
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