Camel Lady
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She [Robyn Davidson] was a good woman. She had a dream about a kind man who would help her find her way, then she met my father [Mr Eddie] near Wingellina. He knew that country and he helped her. When she wrote her book, Tracks, my father was in there.
Jean Inyalanka Burke
When Jean Inyalanka Burke's mother died, Burke and her father, Mr Eddie, walked westward to Mount Margaret mission and then to Warburton mission. In 1978 Mr Eddie helped Robyn Davidson, a young woman travelling through the desert with camels.
Jean Inyalanka Burke
1945–2012
Jean Inyalanka Burke was a multi-talented artist and storyteller, who had a major influence on the dynamic art scene at Warakurna with her acclaimed three-dimensional works in purnu (wood) and tjanpi (woven fibre). Her paintings built upon this background and extended her storytelling prowess.
Burke was born at a waterhole site known as Arnumarapirti, near Irrunytju (Wingellina). As a child she travelled with her family to the mission settlement of Ernabella, in South Australia. She attended school at Warburton mission.
Warakurna was Burke's husband's country.
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The Camel Lady and Warakurna history paintings collection highlight
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