Pangkupirri

Pangkupirri is a very large mountain range in the middle of Mrs Porter's home country, there is a large and deep rockhole there also called Pangkupirri, which holds water even in the driest of seasons. Pangkupirri is the site where the Minyma Ngiyari, (Mountain Devil/Thorny Devil) woman and Wati Yurlukuku, (Mountain Dove) man lived in Tjukurrpa times. These two were husband and wife and spent much of their time hunting and living in this area. Ngiyari was pregnant, during this time and Yurlukuku travels north to heal his nephew. You can see Ngiyari, Ngiyari’s babies and Yurlukuku at Pangkupirri as rocks and trees.  

Pangkupirri is where Mrs Porter spent much of her youth, pre-contact with whitefellas. At Pangkupirri Mrs Porter and her sister used to hide the Mangarta (quondongs) that their mother collected so they could eat it all, because they were too hungry to wait until they got back to camp. Tjawina’s dad used to hunt rabbits and spear them near Pangkupirri. Mrs Porter gave birth to all three of her children around Pangkupirri. Her daughter was born at Malukara, one of her sons at Ngalyanyurru, northwest side of Pangkupirri, and the other son born at Iilytjirriny right next to Pangkupirri. It is where she also came into contact with the native patrol officers in the 1960s, McCauley and MacDougal, who eventually took her and her family from their country to Warburton Mission.  

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