Susie Bootja Bootja Napangarti

Country/Region: Australia (view other artists)

Susie Bootja Bootja, born in 1935, is an Aboriginal artist from Balgo Hills in the Northern Territory of Australia. Susie Bootja Bootja is a vibrant and colourful personality who is respected for her knowledge of the law and ceremony of Kurtal (fresh water spring in WA). She tells stories about playing at the waterhole of Kangingarra (northern reaches of the Canning Stock Route) where she spent her youth. Susie walked in from the desert as a teenager to Tjumundora, one of the early mission sites.

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