Timmy Vincent Jurluma

Timmy Vincent Jurluma is a Malngin/Gurindji artist from Daguragu in the Northern Territory. In the wet season of 1951, he was born under a tree on old Wave Hill Station (Jinparrak). He grew up on the station and by the time he was 8 years old was working with the horses and as a stockman. From that time, he worked as a stockman at Daguragu and at Victoria River Downs. In 1966, Timmy’s father, Vincent Lingiari, initiated a workers’ strike to protest the poor conditions of their employment and ultimately recover control of their traditional lands. The Gurindji campaign went on for nine years and resulted in the first successful land claim by an Aboriginal group, which in turn generated further energy for the broader land rights movement. In the years after the Wave Hill Walk-off, led by his father, Vincent Lingiari, Timmy lived at Wattie Creek.

When Timmy retired as a stockman in 2015, he accompanied his wife, Kathleen Sambo Jahlili, to the art centre each day. After a short time, he would assist her in painting her Dreaming designs. As well as painting collaborative artworks with Kathleen, Timmy now paints his own Dreaming designs, including Snake Dreaming (King Brown), Karrajkarraj (Curry Nut). Ngamanpurru is a conkerberry bush, which bears a highly nutritious small black berry. Ngamanpurru is the Dreaming for Daguragu.

Timmy is a director of Karungkarni Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation. He represented his father, Vincent Lingiari, at the memorial service for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 2015 at Sydney Town Hall.