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Witjiti George is a senior traditional elder from Mulga Bore, near Kaltjiti (Fregon), South Australia on the APY Lands. As a young man, he went to school at Oodnadatta, before his family travelled east towards Ernabella due to drought and a shortage of bush food. Witjiti began cattle work and settled at Fregon after its establishment in 1961. He later married and has three children. Witjiti began painting in 2007 and is now a director of the APY Art Centre Collective and a senior custodian. Wititji was a finalist in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2019 and 2020 and the Telstra NATSIA Awards in 2016 and 2019.

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Witjiti George is a senior traditional elder from Mulga Bore, near Kaltjiti (Fregon), South Australia on the APY Lands. As a young man, he went to school at Oodnadatta, before his family travelled east towards Ernabella due to drought and a shortage of bush food. Witjiti began cattle work and settled at Fregon after its establishment in 1961. He later married and has three children. Witjiti began painting in 2007 and is now a director of the APY Art Centre Collective and a senior custodian. Wititji was a finalist in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2019 and 2020 and the Telstra NATSIA Awards in 2016 and 2019.