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Phyllis Napurrurla Williams

Phyllis was born a long time ago at Mount Doreen Station, a vast 7,337 square kilometre cattle property located in the Tanami Desert region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

As a small child, Phyllis went bush with her family learning all about her country, which has been the traditional homelands of her Warlpiri ancestors for many thousands of years.

Later as a young adult, Phyllis worked at Mount Doreen Station before moving to Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community 290km from Alice Springs. She now lives at Nyirripi, a very remote outstation 150km west of Yuendumu.

Phyllis has been painting since 1988 with the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre in Yuendumu. 

Warlukurlangu supports Warlpiri artists to preserve their cultural heritage and earn income from their work.

Phyllis paints Dreaming stories that have been passed down to her by her parents, and their ancestors before them over tens of thousands of years.

Phyllis Napurrurla Williams is an eminent Warlpiri artist and her distinctive artworks

are highly sought after by art collectors.

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OUR PLEDGE

Preserving our natural environment for a healthier planet

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Founded by Gunggari Aboriginal woman Charmaine Saunders in 2012, Mainie is a Supply Nation certified Indigenous Australian-owned company and an Indigenous Art Code approved dealer member. We recognise the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We respect the resilience, strength and pride of Australia’s First Nations people and their communities. Mainie is committed to supporting Aboriginal women artists to earn an independent income from their own work and to keep alive their traditional cultural heritage for future generations.