Born: 1960

Region: Laramba-Northern Territory

Language: Anmatyerre

Beatrice Gibson Nangala was born on Mt Doreen station, located about 400 kilometers North West of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory about 1960.

The birth date is unknown because Aboriginal mothers did not deliver their babies in the hospitals but delivered them wherever the were at the time not recording the date as the calendar day means little to Aboriginal people.

Beatrice commenced her painting in 1986 and depicts Kangaroo, Dingo and Emu Dreamings, from her country which lies on Napperby Station in Central Australia, northwest of Alice Springs.

The Kangaroo is found only in Australia it is the iconic symbol of the country and in the desert are mainly reds and grays.

A https://personally-selected-aboriginal-art.com.au/australian-aboriginal-culture-mean is a native wild dog which is red brown and the emu is a large flightless bird white gray and black in color similar to an ostrich which lays eggs which contains about a kilo of egg yoke.

The Aboriginal men track and hunt the emu and it is a stable food source and the oil is used as an anti-inflammatory agent and its feathers are used in ceremonies by the men.