Papunya is a small community in centralAustralia. It is about 240 km (150 mi) northwest ofAlice Springs in theNorthern Territory. The people who live there areAboriginal people who were forced off their traditional country during the 1930s and 1940s. They are mainly fromPintupi- andLuritja-speaking groups. In the 2006census, Papunya had a population of 299. The town is now on private Aboriginal land. People visiting or travelling through need apermit.
During the late 1950s, aLutheranmission was set up at Papunya. In the 1970s, many of the people living here moved back to their homelands as part of theoutstation movement. The Pintupi moved back west, closer to their homeland aroundLake Mackay. They set up the town ofKintore in 1981, about 250 km (160 mi) west of Papunya. During this time, localpainters were slowly forming a new style of art. By the mid-1980s, it became internationally known asPapunya Tula.[1]
23°13′S131°54′E / 23.217°S 131.900°E /-23.217; 131.900
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