Purungu Desmond Taylor

Purungu Desmond Taylor is a Warnman - Manjilyjarra man. His country is within Karlamilyi National Park and the Martu Native Title Determination Area. Desmond was born near the Oakover River, Western Australia. His family, children and grandchildren live in Jigalong, Parnngurr, Bidyadanga, Perth, Adelaide and other places.

He is an interpreter and artist. He speaks more than five Western Desert languages. He paints ancestral and personal stories including the Niminjarra, Jila Kutjarra, yiwarra and others. He has worked in linguistics, archaeology, history, anthropology, ethnoecology, health and other disciplines.