Patrick Olodoodi (Alatuti) Tjungurrayi
Born about 1940
Manyjilyjarra, Kukatja language group, Tjungurrayi skin group
Kiwirrkurra Community
Papunya Tula Artists
Patrick was born at Mayilili, east of Kunawarritji (Well 33). When he was young, he walked the desert east of the Canning Stock Route with his older brother, Brandy. These journeys regularly crossed the stock route and, in 1958, Patrick followed the chain of wells north out of the desert. Patrick continued to travel the desert widely and, after living many years in Balgo, returned to live near his Country at Kiwirrkurra.
Canning Stock Route Country
2007, by Patrick Tjungurrayi
acrylic on linen, 187×123
Papunya Tula Artists
National Museum of Australia
In 2007 Patrick returned to the Canning Stock Route to retrace the journey he had made out of the desert 50 years earlier. Along the way he created this painting, which narrates the personal, historical and ancestral stories of his Country. The top line of white squares represents the waters from Kunawarritji north to Billiluna, and the bottom line, the Tingari Dreaming that dominates the artist’s Country east of the stock route.
Kunawarritji [Well 33], Nyipil [34], Kinyu [35], Pangkapini [between 35 and 36], Kilykily [36], Lipuru [37], Wajaparni [38], Kukapanyu [39], Natawalu [40], Tiru [41], Kulyayi [42], Katajilkarr [43], Jimpirrinykarra [44], Jintijinti [45], Kujuwarri [46], Kartalapuru [47], Kurninarra [near 48], Kaningarra [48], Lampu [49], Jikarn [50], Kilangkilang [between 50 and 51], Kururrungku [Billiluna] … That long way that I’m travelling.
