(b Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 1938). Australian Aboriginal painter. He was a member of the Gurrumba Gurrumba clan of the Ganalbingu language group, who occupy the region of the Arafura swamp in Central Arnhem Land. Milpurrurru began his working life as a stockman. He was taught to paint c. 1960 by his father, Ngulmarrmarr (c. 1911–c. 1977), a well-known bark painter. Milpurrurru first gained a reputation as a leading Aboriginal artist when he lived in the early 1970s at Maningrida, from where he moved to Ramingining, close to his clan lands. He painted themes from his Ganalpuyngu country, in particular ones associated with the magpie goose and the life of the swamplands (e.g. Wurrurrung: Fishing Net, 1985; Perth, A.G. W. Australia). Although his paintings are derived in style and subject-matter from those of his father, he was an innovative artist and his painting style developed considerably as he matured. He was a featured artist at the Sydney Biennale of 1980, and his first one-man exhibition was in 1985 at the Aboriginal Art Centre in Sydney. His paintings are well represented in the major state art galleries in Australia and in collections elsewhere in the world, including the British Museum in London and the Kluge Collection, a private collection in Virginia, USA. His sister Dorothy Djukulul (b 1942) was one of the leading women artists in Central Arnhem Land.