[3] Milatjari met her husband Sam Pumani in Mimili, and they had five children together: Ngupulya, Betty, Ken, Michael and Lewey.
[1][3] Before artists began to paint at Mimili, Milatjari produced traditional pokerwork designs on wooden blocks.
[4] In 2010 and 2011, she was chosen as a finalist for the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
It is her uncle's traditional country, and Milatjari's family would often go hunting and gathering food here when she was young.
[4] Her style and technique has influenced those of many of Mimili Maku's younger artists, including her daughter Ngupulya and Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin.