Paddy Bird Jungala
Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia
Paddy Bird Jungala
Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia
Skin Name: Jungala (Ngale)
Language: Anmatyerre
Region: Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia
Dreaming: Ntang Artitja (Mulga Seed)
Born: c.1940’s
Tyankern (Mulga Berry from mistletoe growing on Mulga tree), Ahakeye (Bush Plum Tree), associated Men’s stories
Paddy started painting when the women from Utopia started up the Batik, around early 1980’s.
He paints Mulga Seed Dreaming with associated ceremonies and hunting. When he is not painting his time is taken up mostly with his tribal obligations.