Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
Language Group: Pintubi
Born: circa 1938 near Haasts Bluff

Turkey was born about 8km east of Haasts Bluff. Turkey’s family had been moving between traditional country between Kintore and Hermansberg mission, where they could collect rations of flour, tea and sugar. After Turkey’s birth they stayed in the area around Haasts Bluff. They moved to Papunya in 1959, shortly after Turkey’s initiation into manhood. He now lived in Kintore at an outstation called Yuwalki.


Spear Straightening
This is the story of Turkey Tolson’s Creation Ancestors at the site of Ilyingaungau, a rocky outcrop near Kintore. In the creation era a large group of men (the Mitukatjirri Men) travelled from the claypan at Tjukula to Ilyingaungau where they made camp. At the same time a group of men entered the country from Tjikari (to the north) and the Mitukatjirri Men challenged them to a fight. The Tjikari Men willingly took up the challenge.After the fight the Mitukatjirri Men travelled to nearby cave, where they made their ceremonies and spears