Born c. 1945 at Haasts Bluff, Mitjili Napurrula grew up in Papunya (Papunya is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly 240 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia), where she observed the men, including her brother Turkey Tolson Tjpurrula (deceased), painting. Her distinctive style in based on her father’s country, also called Uwalki, Mitjili’s work is held in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
