Papunya NT

Part of Central and Western Desert
The Central and Western Desert region covers one third of the Australian continent within which there are numerous small communities with both established and emerging Aboriginal art movements. It was from this region that the contemporary Indigenous art movement emerged at Papunya in the 1970's. Since then numerous art centres have emerged reflecting an incredible diversity of style and content that varies between the communities as artists are influenced by their own unique landscapes and the associated Dreaming stories and by external influences.