• Artist: Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart AM
  • Art Centre: Merrepen Arts
  • Region: Darwin Daly

Artwork Story

Marfurra remembers as a little girl sitting next to her father listening to him talking about Dr. Stanner, one of the early anthropologists who travelled to Daly River for field studies.  Her fascination of the written word and translation has led her to college attaining her Advanced Diploma in Linguistics.  She has liaised with the University of New England on a production of Ngan’gikurunggur and Ngen’giwumirri language dictionary to be published.

 

Patricia along with the elders worked in collaboration with the Parks & Wildlife Commission and have completed the book of Ngan’gikurrungurr and Ngen’giwumirri ethno botany Aboriginal plant use from the Daly River area.  She has also recently worked in collaboration with elders of the Malak Malak and Parks and Wildlife Commission to publish the Malak Malak and Matngala Plants and Animals.  Patricia paints about bush tucker that is in abundant supply as well as religious themes and stories on her culture.

 

Patricia received an Australia Medal for her services to the community in documenting language and ethnobotany in the Daly River Area.

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