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My name is Selma Coulthard. My Aboriginal name is Nunay, which means ‘cute’
or ‘adorable’.
I am a Pertama Maduthara Luritja Tribe from Urrampinyi (Tempe Downs Station)
which is located south west of Alice Springs in Central Australia.
I was born in Alice Springs in 1954 and grew up at Tempe Downs, until the
government started to remove half caste kids from their families and put them in
mission boarding homes. I was taken to Hermannsburg (Ntaria) where I did my
schooling. It is here that my love for art started.
I have seen the Namatjira brothers doing their painting in Ntaria and around
tourism camps such as Glen Helen and Palm Valley. I have always wanted to be an
artist, and I just hope that my work will be recognised.
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