Sandra Teece

Sandra Teece
Skin name: Pwerle / Pula
Language group: Alyawarr
Country: Amperlatwatye / Ampilatwatja
Area: Utopia and Amperlatwatye, Central Australia
Born: 1984

Sandra paints bush medicine found in the country around Ampilatwatja, north of Utopia in Central Australia, and are used for soothing skin infections by way of an ointment, or mixed with water to make a drink to help with coughs and colds. Bush medicine is widely used here and the knowledge continues to be passed down to younger generations. 

Painting bush medicine stories is important because it helps to maintain a strong knowledge and culture for the community.

"There are lots of different medicines, we know what their stories are, we learnt them from our parents and we teach these stories to our children.” - Sandra Teece

Sandra grew up in a remote community in Central Australia called Ampilatwatja (or Amperlatwatye), just north of the Utopia region. She has one child and splits her time between Ampilatwatjaand her mother's side of the family from Utopia.