early life and background barrupu djarrtjuntjun yunupingu, an australian aboriginal artist from the yolngu people of arnhem land, was born in yirrkala in 1948. her early life was marked by her attendance at the mission school and subsequent training as a nurse at the yirrkala clinic until its closure in 1975. artistic career barrupu djarrtjuntjun yunupingu's artistic career began with her involvement in the yirrkala printspace, where s…