Rosabella Ryder Australian, Arrernte, b. 1975

Rosabella was born in the Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in 1975. She grew up at White Gate community with all her family, her grandfathers, aunties, and uncles. Her grandfather's country is Little Well, Ross River way. When she was 12, she moved  with her family to Santa Teresa so she could go to school. At 16 she moved back to  White Gate to get married and to have her first child. Now she has six children and 2  grandchildren. She says she grew all her children up out bush at No 5 Community

west of Alice Springs. Ryder now lives at Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp and is happy

coming to sew and work. It is a new feeling for her she says, to be thinking about

making things every day. She is proud of her children and her art.