Nora Nyutjanka Davidson
I was born in the bush near Mantamaru (Jameson). When I was young, we moved to Warburton, where we lived at the Mission with my mother and father. I went to school there.
Every Saturday, we would go out bush with Mrs Holiday to Snake Well to have a picnic lunch, then walk back from Snake Well to the Mission. There was a drum of water halfway if we got thirsty.
I was married in Warburton to a good man, not a drinker. I lived with many families and had two daughters and one son who look after me.
I worked as a school teacher at Warburton, where I taught children. I took students to Dampier and Karratha (Western Australia) for school holidays.
After I got married, we moved to Wingellina, where I painted and worked in the office, staying for a long time with family. I worked in the office and handed out money. I painted with Irrunytju Artists when Brian and Amanda were there (2001).
One time, I took my sick grandson to Alice Springs, then Adelaide. While I was away, my husband was flown from Wingellina to Kalgoorlie because he was sick. I was in Adelaide with my grandson, Brandon Davidson, when the doctor phoned to tell me my husband had passed away.
I later returned to Alice Springs and left my grandson in hospital. My son took me to Warburton for the funeral. Afterward, I returned to Wingellina and later moved to Blackstone, where my daughter Janine Davidson cared for me.
Now I am painting. I paint my Country, Multjul, my birthplace. I also make tjanpi (spinifex weaving), including a tjanpi Toyota. I worked on the Seven Sisters Songlines project and travelled to Canberra to see Seven Sisters Flying.