Manini Gumana Australian, Arnhemland, b. 1977

Her father is Dhakawal #1 Gumana who died in 1994. His younger brother Gawirri Gumana AO has taken the fatherly role and particularly as regards art instruction to her and her younger brothers Yinimala and Djimiyapin.

 

She is married to and assists her Marrakulu clan artist husband Garawan Wanambi, and lives at her own clan land of Gä]ga]. In 2009 she has started to paint her own works, Dhalwangu clan images of the deeper ocean - Mungurru.