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Nampitjin, Eubena

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Personal name headingNampitjin, Eubena
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Variant(s)Nampitjin, Yupina
Nampitjin, Yupinya
Death date2013
Place of birthTjinndjaldpa, W.A.
Field of activityArt, Aboriginal Australian Lexicography
Profession or occupationArtists
Found inEubena Nampitjin, 2004: p. 40 (Eubena Nampitjin, b. in Tjinndjaldpa, south of Jupiter Well in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia between 1920 and 1925)
Sydney morning herald WWW site, May 3, 2013 (Eubena Nampitjin, c.1920-2013; in her own languages (Wangkatjungka and Kukatja) she was called Yupina, and this became Eubena when she came into contact with English speakers; Eubena (Yupinya) Nampitjin; she was probably in her 90s when she died, although this is impossible to confirm because she was born out bush at some point between 1920 and 1931 and not recorded in any official register; one of the Balgo artists, based in northern central Western Australia; she and Wimmitji Tjapangati collaborated with Father Anthony Rex Peile, compiling a Kukatja dictionary)