Papunya

Papunya
Northern Territory
Papunya is located in Northern Territory
Papunya
Papunya
Coordinates23°13′S 131°54′E / 23.217°S 131.900°E / -23.217; 131.900
Population404 (2016 census)[1]
Location240 km (149 mi) NW of Alice Springs

Papunya (Pintupi-Luritja: Warumpi)[2] is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly 240 kilometres (150 mi) northwest of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is known as an important centre for Contemporary Indigenous Australian art, in particular the style created by the Papunya Tula artists in the 1970s, referred to colloquially as dot painting. Its population in 2016 was 404.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Papunya (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 January 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Papunya | MacDonnell Council".