1. Animal tracks
2. Animals
3. Art techniques
4. Autobiographies
5. Bilingual books
6. Birds
7. Bush tucker
8. Childhood and youth
9. Country
10. Daily life
11. Desert
12. Desert animals
13. Emus
14. Family
15. Fishing
16. Food
17. Hunting and gathering
18. Landscapes
19. Missions
20. Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
21. Waterholes

‘Old Days’ is a bilingual picture book written in both Western Arrarnta and English. It features the creator’s memories of growing up between Iwupataka (Jay Creek), Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and her mother’s Country at Tempe Downs. Williams recollects her life as a child with memories of special places, activities and observations of animals and birds that lived within the surrounding countryside. The endpapers set the scene for her lively recollections of daily activities. With each illustration filled with tiny details, the author cleverly asks a ‘hunt and find’ question, such as, ‘Can you see the lizard lying on the rock?’

As a member of the Tangentyere Artists group from 2017, Majorie ‘Nunga’ Williams developed a style of figurative landscape painting that reveals her early memories on Country. The Uplands Art Centre describes Marjorie ‘Nunga’ Williams’ art this way: ’Nunga cleverly uses vibrant colours and exaggerated proportions to make apparent the hive of activity present in these places. Soaring eagles, goannas, echidnas, and horses are brought to the forefront of her expansive landscapes.’

There is a guide to Western Arrarnta pronunciation plus a QR code to hear Majorie ‘Nunga’ Williams pronouncing Arrarnta words.

Majorie ‘Nunga’ Williams is a senior Western Arrente woman living in Alice Springs. She has worked on the Honey Ant Readers series to illustrate and translate these stories into Western Desert languages. One of the Honey Ant readers, ‘Hunting Ilia’, appears in this database here https://www.ncacl.org.au/atsi_resource/hunting-ilia/ Williams is a language teacher and has travelled internationally as a member of the Central Australian Women’s choir. Her artworks are widely exhibited.

1. Magabala Books Marjorie ‘Nunga’ Williams biographical profile https://magabala.com.au/collections/marjorie-nunga-williams
2. Uplands Art Centre Tangentyere Artists. Marjorie ‘Nunga’ Williams talks about her work https://uplands.org.au/art-centre/tangentyere-artists/
3. Desart presents DESERTMOB including a biographical profile of Marjorie ‘Nunga’ Williams https://desertmob.com/artist/marjorie-nunga-williams/
4. Honeyant ‘Reading Tracks’ learn to read series—details of the 22 books and activities https://honeyant.com.au/reading-tracks/