Awelye Medium:Acrylic on Linen followed by the founding of

followed by the founding of a Baptist mission there in 1947

1999 Embassy of Australia

Barbara incorporates many Dreaming sites in her paintings

Her painting 'The Escape' done as part of a series of paintings relating to massacre stories by Jirrawun artists intended to be shown together as "Blood on the Spinifex" was exhibited at the Seventeenth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition in 2000 and was highly commended

mastering the interplay of colour and pattern

Awelye Medium:Acrylic on Linen followed by the founding ofMinnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic Legacy Early Life and Background Minnie Pwerle, also known as Minnie Purla or Minnie Motorcar Apwerl, was born between 1910 and 1922. She was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist from Utopia, Northern Territory (referred to as Unupurna in her local language). Utopia is a cattle station situated in the Sandover area of Central Australia, approximately 300 kilometres (190 miles) northeast of Alice Springs. Artistic