Nancy Bandeiyama Nancy Bandeiyama i(A135182 works by) (a.k.a. Nancy Bandeiyama Birrabirrapa)
Born: Established: ca. 1928 Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Feb 1995 Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Marri Ngarr
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Nancy Bandeiyama is from Madang-adjirra on the eastern bank of An-gatja Wana in Arnhem land. She belongs to the Anbarra people. Bandeiyama is the mother of Betty Ngurrabangurraba and the wife of Frank Gurrmanamana (qq.v). While living in Maningrida, the anthropologist Betty Meehan spent time with Bandeiyama and recorded some of the details of her life in the biography Bandeiyama : She Keeps Going.

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