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Dhuruputjpi

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Dhuruputjpi is 211 kms southwest of Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land and inland of Blue Mud Bay in the Northern Territory.

For more information, see Dhuruputjpi.​

Dhuruputjpi is 211 kms southwest of Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land and inland of Blue Mud Bay in the Northern Territory.

For more information, see Dhuruputjpi.​

Traditional owners

Djalkiripuyŋu

70 drawings; done using black fibre-tipped pen, each on a separate sheet of white paper arranged into one large artwork. The sheets of paper are all in portrait orientation and arranged into a large square that is ten sheets across and seven sheets down.

Ms M Wirrpanda – Telstra Works on Paper Award

01 November 2024

Ms M Wirrpanda was a senior female Yolŋu artist from Dhuruputjpi, NT and the winner of the 2021 Telstra Works on Paper Award.