Mundja, Mundja (1930-)

Field of activity
Traditional Aboriginal Custodian, Aboriginal Artist and Justice of the Peace
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-750075

Biographies

Mundja, of Kukatja descent, was born at Naaru in the Canning stock route area of the Great Sandy Desert in northern Western Australia. Her husband, a much older man, had several wives and caused her a leg injury which brought her ongoing trouble. In the 1940s her family moved out of the desert to Balgo. Mundja spoke several languages from her area, and was a custodian of many songs, ceremonies and dances, especially women’s. She was one of the two women leaders in the important, partly secret Djuluru Dreaming complex that travelled through the Kimberleys and the Northern Territory. She travelled widely to ceremonial gatherings at places such as Yuendumu, Kintore, Christmas Creek, Jigalong and Wiluna, and to Broome and Derby, to renew contacts with relatives and create new friendships. She acted as an adviser on Aboriginal traditions in the local school, and was nominated as a local Justice of the Peace. She was also engaged in the women’s art movement at Balgo.

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Mundja Mundja

Selected resources (1)

No Comments for this person

 

Add a comment



Possibly related

Digitised newspapers and more

Searching...

Minimise

Diaries, letters, archives

Searching...

Minimise

Archived websites (1996 – now)

Searching...

Minimise

Pictures, photos, objects

Searching...

Minimise

Books

Searching...

Minimise

Music, sound and video

Searching...

Minimise

People and organisations

Searching...

Minimise

Journals, articles and data sets

Searching...

Minimise

Maps

Searching...

Minimise

Lists

Searching...

Minimise
  1. Brisbane Suburbs
    Created by KerryRaymond, 50 items.

    A series of articles about Brisbane suburbs that appeared in the Brisbane Courier in 1930-1931 on Saturdays.Although there is no series title or author identified, there is a consistent patt...

  2. 1930
    Created by Birdos, 1 item.

  3. MPA, 01.11.1930
    Created by pgjen1, 1 item.

  1. Mundja, Mundja (1930-)
    ... Mundja, of Kukatja descent, was born at Naaru in the Canning stock route area of the Great Sandy ...
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.181)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.181)

  1. Website: Australian Women's Archives Project
    www.womenaustralia.info
    Matching pages:
    View 11 matching archived pages
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.17)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.17)

  2. Website: Putting skirts on the sacred benches : women candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
    www.womenaustralia.info
    Matching pages:
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.15)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.15)

  3. Website: Rangeland and wildlife systems
    www.rirdc.gov.au
    Matching pages:
    • ˆ - 27/3/2007
    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.001)

    This resource may be of limited relevance to your query (score: 0.001)

Books

No results

Minimise
  1. ASC--a stream cipher with built-in MAC functionality
    Wirt, Kai-Thorsten
    International Journal of Computer Science
    [ Article : 2007 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.001)

    This resource may only be vaguely related to your query: matching terms may only have been found in the full text contents of the resource (score: 0.001)

Music, sound and video

No results

Minimise

Pictures, photos, objects

No results

Minimise

Diaries, letters, archives

No results

Minimise

Maps

No results

Minimise
  1. ELECTRIC TRAMS. THE PORT ADELAIDE SCHEME. BILL TO BE INTRODUCED AT ONCE.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Friday 8 November 1912 p 12 Article
    ... of*''municipal tram- ways ianilhoriseii'"by -¡the- Mun.djA* Tia,u ways Trust. The trhiej; engineer^atta gene- ... 330 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.018)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.018)

  2. 453 MEN FROM N.S.W. MISSING A.I.F. Abroad
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 5 August 1942 p 9 Article
    ... Rendall. MORRIS, Pte. R. J., Inf., Coota Coota- mundra. MORRIS, Pte. R. W., Inf., Newtown. MORRISON, ... 3028 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.007)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.007)

  3. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAWKESBURY RACE CLUB SPRING MEETING. SECOND DAY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 27 August 1883 p 8 Article
    ... tho valuo of 300 sovs , 71b extra 1J milo Ml J Mundj'a b 0 I'll t Demon by Ciemina di Airgy ... 3558 words
    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.006)

    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.006)