Marfurra remembers as a little girl sitting next to her father listening to him talking about Dr Stanner, one of the early anthropologists who travelled to Daly River for field studies. She remembers Dr Stanner learning how to speak and write in her mother tongue Ngan’gi Kurunggurr. Her fascination of the written word and translation has led her to college attaining her Advanced Diploma in Linguistics. She has liaised with the University of England on a production of Ngan’gikurunggur and Ngen’giwumirri language.
Patricia along with the elders work in collaboration with the Parks & Wildlife Commission and have completed the book of Ngan’gikurrungurr and Ngen’giwumirri Ethno botany Aboriginal plant use from the Daly River area. She has also recently worked in collaboration with elders of the Malak Malak and Parks and Wildlife commission to publish Malak Malak and Matngala Plants and Animals. Patricia paints about bush tucker that is in abundant supply as well as religious themes and stories on her culture.
Patricia received an Australia Medal for her service to the community in documenting language and ethnobotany in the Daly River Area.
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