E. Graham Nakkamarra, D. Williams Nakkamarra, J. Nixon Nakkamarra

Women have been working in town for a long time, even when Aboriginal people weren't allowed in town, women were working doing cooking, cleaning and ironing. E. Nakkamarra used to work all day ironing and doing washing. Most Wumpurrarni were living at Village Camp then, not in town. There was Mr. Giese and Mr. Lovegrove from Native Affairs and they would get jobs for people and tell them where to work. J. Nakkamarra worked for the Native Affairs office in Tennant Creek. She would go around to all the communities and make sure people understood what the papulanji were telling them. D. Nakkamarra worked as a health worker at the first Aboriginal clinic and now that Anyinginyi Congress takes care of people, lots of women work there as health workers and others are committee members. B. Nangali is a health worker there now, she helps people at the clinic and they go out to the camps to give kids their needles and out to bush camps to make sure old people are all right. Other women work at the Pink Palace making art and some work for Central Land Council, taking people out to country and working with the miners from Giants Reef or the railway mob.

Translation of “Working in Town” by: J. Nixon Nakkamarra

Kirriji kirriji apparra ajjul warangali jiyina town-jji yurrmuliti apparra Wumpurrarni warra ajjul apina town kina, kirriji kirriji ajjul warangali jinyi, kuppunjikul kirlkaniyina ajjul, wawarta ajjul ironing muyina. E. Nakkamarra ngini warangali jiyina kilyirr wutu ironing muyina kapi wawarta pakinjina. Wumpurrarni ngini ajjul nguyuna Village Camp-jji warra town-jji. Alinya awul Mr. Giese kapi Mr. Lovegrove Native Affairs warinyi awul jobs parinjina karriny-k,i wangkina ajuljarni wanja kana warangali-ki ngini. J. Nakkamarra warangali jiyina ama Native Affairs office Tennant Creek-jji. Ama apina warlirr julali ngurraji kina karriny-ki, wangkinyi ajurnu pangkarl ajuljarni kayirr muyina papulanji wangkiji kina. D. Nakkamarra ngini ama warangali jiyina health worker yurrmul wumpurrani karunjul clinic-jji. Payinti ngini Anyinginyi Congress apparra ajuljarni parlpuru munta karriny, julali kirriji kirriji warangali jinta ajjul health workers, jarttu ngini ajjul committee member. B. Nangali ama warangali jinta health worker payinti, ajurnu help munta karriny clinic kina. Ajjul apan ngurraji kina, pikka pikka ajuljarni pakanta ajurningini needles-jji, kapi ngurraji kina apan ajjul nyanjiki pulkka pulkka-ka. Jarttu kirriji kirriji ajjul warangali jinta Pink Palace-jji, pakanta ajjul arts. Jarttu ngini ajjul warangali jinta Central Land Council-jji apparra ajuljarni jukunta manu kuna kapi jarttu ngini ajjul warangali jinta miners jangu, Giants Reef kapi railway mob jangu.