Senior Elder remembered as ‘extraordinary woman who lived a remarkable life’
A PROLIFIC Pitjantjatjara woman who died recently is being remembered as “an extraordinary woman”
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A PROLIFIC Pitjantjatjara woman who died recently is being remembered as “an extraordinary woman who lived a remarkable life”.
Kunmanara Nipper is being remembered by her community for her work as a teacher, leader, artist, mother and grandmother.
She was a Senior Elder of Mutitjulu Community and a cultural adviser for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Ms Nipper was described as “incredibly generous in sharing her vast knowledge of law, country, culture and history” on the park’s Facebook page.
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“She was a member of the first National Park Board of Joint Management and worked in almost every aspect of the park, from fauna surveys to a negotiator with government,” the post read. “She campaigned with her husband for the hand back of Uluru, and became a spirited cultural ambassador from the 1980s.
“She and her passion and knowledge for sharing culture will be sorely missed.”
In 2006 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Indigenous community as an Anangu Elder and in the preservation and management of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Walkatjara Art Uluru said Ms Nipper “was experienced in many areas of research, land management, tourism and the arts”.
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She was an artist and worked with wooden carvings, spinifex grass weaving, felt and acrylic paint on canvas and plywood.
Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, National Museum of Australia.
Walkatjara Art Uluru said in a Facebook post “she has left a legacy that won’t be forgotten”. “She will be greatly missed by so many.”
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