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Community: Amata Art Centre: Tjala Arts (Amata, S.A.) Area: APY Lands, South Australia Born: Biography:
Leah Brady grew up in Amata where she went to school. Leah said she will always stay in Amata. Her mother had to travel to Pukutja to give birth to Leah as there was no hospital in Amata. Her parents eventually moved back to her mother's homeland at Angatja. Leah said she painted at Angatja, "not always, sometimes". Her dreaming or creation story is the Ningtaka song line. This is a story about the Ningtaka or Lizard man who steals the grinding stone from the Walytjatjata women.
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