I was born at a jila [permanent waterhole] called Kurtal. Mum took me to Balgo and then to Warnku. I was living there when my sister Wagajia took me to Sturt Creek and then back to Warnku. From there we walked to Louisa Downs Station with my family. I spent time at Bohemia Downs and Christmas Creek Stations. I used to milk the goats at Bohemia Downs Station. I was a young girl without milk, I had not yet had children when I first went there. When I paint, I paint Kurtal. I paint one country. I can’t paint other country. I have two brothers and two sisters who belong to this jila. Painting Themes: Kurtal jila [living waterhole], jilji (sandhills) and surrounding country in the Great Sandy Desert Mangarri (bush tucker) and plants from the Great Sandy Desert Marrajati in the Great Sandy Desert Kilan Kilan in the Great Sandy Desert Date of Birth: 01.01.33 Language: Wangkatjungka Country: Kurtal, Great Sandy Desert (http://www.mangkaja.com/content/jukuja-dolly-snell) Born c. 1933 Community Fitzroy Crossing Outstation Kurtal Region Kimberley, Western Australia Language Walmajarri, Wangkajunga Dolly Snell Jukaja was born at the sacred site of Kurtal (Helena Springs) in the Great Sandy Desert. Her Aboriginal name is Jukuja. As a young girl she left the desert and spent time on Bohemia Downs and Christmas Creek Stations. Dolly first exhibited work in Karrayili at Tandanya, Adelaide, 199.... She lives in Fitzroy Crossing and is a leader of Wangkajunga women's ceremonial law. Her husband Spider Snell won the best painting in new media section of the 21st Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in Darwin in 2004. (http://www.aboriginaldream.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=275&virtuemart_category_id=27) undefined

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