Bio
Nunami is a Palawa and Warlpiri woman with cultural and familiar ties to both Northeast Tasmania and the Tanami Desert.
Nunami is a storyteller working across written, visual and performance art. She is interested seasonality and is passionate about cultural revitalisation and Palawa perspectives of place. Her work often examines the layered and overlooked histories of landscapes.
As an artist, Nunami has had work commissioned and exhibited at Contemporary Art Tasmania, MONA, Mona Foma Festival, Ten Days on the Island Festival among others.
In 2025 Nunami was announced as the recipient of the Contemporary Art Tasmania 'Shotgun' development program and was the winner of the Aboriginal Writer’s Fellowship in the Tasmanian Literary awards.
Nunami holds a BA in History and Legal Studies from the University of Tasmania, graduating in 2019 and successfully completed the Associate Fire Practitioner Training Program through the National Firesticks Alliance in 2025. Her work history centres on public education and community development, having held positions at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the University of Tasmania.
Nunami is also the owner and operator of Blak Led Tours Tasmania, offering Tasmanian Aboriginal history and cultural tours around Nipaluna/Hobart. Since launching Blak Led Tours Nunami has successfully undertaken contracts for experience and interpretation development and consultation across the island. After launching Blak Led Tours in 2022, Nunami received a Special Achievement award for her work in Truth Telling at the Tasmanian NAIDOC awards and also was named the Tourism Ministers' Young Achiever in 2022.
As an active and involved member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community since her birth, Nunami has been chosen to represent her community at the state, national and international level. She is the youngest Palawa person ever selected to repatriate ancestral remains and was selected as Young Tasmanian Aboriginal of the year in 2015 at the state NAIDOC Awards. In 2024 Nunami was selected as part of the Palawa community treaty delegation. Nunami is currently the Tourism and Cultural Development Officer at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and represents Tasmania as part of the national First Nations Visitor Economy Partnership.
Education
2019
Bachelor of Arts – History major, University of Tasmania
2023-2024
Associate Fire Practitioner Training , National Firesticks Alliance
Awards and Residencies
2025
Winner of the Aboriginal Writer’s Fellowship in the Tasmanian Literary Awards
2025
Shotgun Development program recipient - Contemporary Art Tasmania
2022
Special Achievement Award for Truth Telling- Tasmanian NAIDOC Awards
2022
Tourism Ministers' Young Achiever Award
2021
Tarraleah Performing Arts Residency
2020
Tarraleah Performing Arts Residency
2015
Aboriginal Youth of the Year at the Tasmanian State NAIDOC Awards
Solo Exhibitions and Major Commissions
2027
Rayakana Milathina, Lead artist for major commission, Ten Days on the Island, supported by Creative Australia and Arts Tasmania
2025
lakapawa lakaratu, public event for solo work in progress event
2024
Thiyana solo exhibition, Sawtooth ARI
2024
Country Calling, solo public art commission, presented by CONSTANCE ARI and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
2023
It is palawa country after all, Set of four written works commissioned by MONA for the ‘Forest Economics Congress’, performed and presented throughout the event.
2022
mulaka milaythina, major commission of spoken word and accompanying musical composition, co-created with composer Louise Denson, Dramaturgy by Sarah Hamilton, Commissioned by Clarence Art and Events
2022
mumara patrula, produced by Tasmania Performs, Dramaturgy by Sarah Hamilton, Commissioned by Kingborough Council with support from RANT arts.
2021
takara nipaluna/ walking Hobart, produced by Performing Lines Tasmania, Dramaturgy Sarah Hamilton. Premiered at Ten Days on the Island 2021, Presented by Theatre Royal 2022-2023,
Group Exhibitions
2024
Lutruwita: All Roads Lead to Home, collaboration with Joshua Santospirito, Moonah Arts Centre, curated by Takani Clark
2024
Apologue Isle ‘cacophony of yarns’, Contemporary Art Tasmania, lead artist: Andrew Hutson
2024
Site: Richmond, Clarence Arts and Events, Curated by Jade Ervine
2023
Soil Propositions, Contemporary Arts Tasmania, lead artist: Lucy Bleach
2022
HOME | LAND, Contemporary Arts Tasmania, curated by Alexandra Hullah
Publications
2023
‘It’s not George that we follow’, Unninocent Landscapes, Ian Terry, Outside the Box (pub)
Presentations and Performances
2025
Speaker at the Nipaluna / Hobart Invasion Day Rally
2023
Beaker Street Festival – Speaker: Sky Country
2022
MONA FOMA - featured Artist/performer: faux mo
2022
Beaker Street Festival - Panel facilitator: Is Science really for everyone?
2022
2022 Kindred Exhibition, Moonah Arts Centre - Workshop Design and facilitation
2022
Kingborough Council - International Women's Day, keynote speaker
2021
Beaker Street Festival - Panel Facilitator: Aboriginal Fire as Ecosystem and cultural restoration
Employment History
2022-present
Owner/Operator, Blak Led Tours Tasmania
2023-present
Tourism and Cultural Development Officer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
2021-2022
Aboriginal Student Advisor, Riawunna, University of Tasmania
2020-2021
Community Development Officer – Aboriginal Programs, City of Hobart
2018-2019
Cultural Awareness Trainer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
2012-2015
Indigenous Cadet, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery