Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn is a Bardi and Yawuru woman, artist and jeweller. Wyborn's Aboriginal name is Nimunburr, which means Flying Fox in Yawuru language. Born in Alice Springs, she grew up in Queensland before the family moved to Broome. Wyborn was the first Aboriginal woman to do a jeweller's apprenticeship. She is now an artist who reproduces her designs on textiles and merchandise through her company Nimunburr Creations Aboriginal Art. In 2016 she was the winner of the Shinju Matsuri Art Award for photography.
Penny Tweedie spent a year travelling around Australia in 2000 photographing and interviewing successful young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which resulted in her 2001 book Indigenous Australia: Standing Strong. This photo of Wyborn was taken at Linneys Jewellery in Broome, where she was in the fifth and final year of her apprenticeship.
Gift of the artist 2004
© Estate of Penny Tweedie
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