Doris Stuart Kngwarreye

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Doris Stuart Kngwarreye (c.1940 - ) is the senior Traditional Owner for Mparntwe, Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Early life

Stuart was born at Hamilton Downs Station in the early 1940s. Her family has lived alongside the Todd River for countless generations. It was her father’s traditional ground. [1]

Hamilton Downs Station

Hamilton Downs Station was a cattle station west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is now a youth camp.

Todd River river

The Todd River is an ephemeral river in the southern Northern Territory, central Australia. The origins of the Todd River are in the MacDonnell Ranges, where it flows past the Telegraph Station, almost through the center of Alice Springs, through Heavitree Gap at the southern end of Alice Springs and continuing on for some distance, passing through the western part of the Simpson Desert, as it becomes a tributary of the Hale River, and eventually flowing into Lake Eyre in South Australia.

She is the Apmereke artweye (Traditional Owner) and speaks Central Arrernte. Her main Dreamings are Kngwelye (dog) associated with Alhekulyele and Yeperenye, Ntyarlke and Utnerrengatye (caterpillar species). [2]

Advocacy

Stuart is an advocate for the protection of scared sites and cultural knowledge in the area. [3] [4] She was a key spokeswoman in the Alice Springs native title claim in the 1990s. [1] [5]

She has been running sacred site tours around Mparntwe, working with local artists to deepen community understanding of her country. [6]

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References

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  2. Finnane, Kieran (9 July 2016). "NAIDOC celebrates the Wild Dog Story of Alice Springs". Alice Springs News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. Finnane, Kieran (15 March 2016). "Custodians' faith in sacred sites authority destroyed". Alice Springs News Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. Barwick, Rohan. "Senior Custodian Doris Stuart speaks out about Parrtjima Festival". Soundcloud. ABC Alice Springs. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. "Arrernte Council Guilty of Damage to Sacred Sites". Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. Sleath, Emma (7 September 2015). "Sacred sites: Alice Springs Aboriginal elder leads tours in bid for better understanding". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.