Community: Watarru
Art Centre: Tjungu Palya Arts (Nyapari, S.A.)
Area: APY Lands, South Australia
Born: 1930
Biography:

Bernard was born in the bush at Waltja rockhole close to the homeland of Kunumata in the far north west of the Pitjantjatjara Lands of northern South Australia in 1930.  Bernards mothers country is Watarru and his fathers place is Aparatjara, which is located near Kanpi community.  Bernard lived a traditional nomadic life in the desert prior to contact with Europeans.  He remembers seeing whitefella’s travelling through his country as they headed west to the Warburton Mission when he was a young man.