Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann

Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM (born 1950) is an Australian Aboriginal activist, educator and artist of the Ngan’gityemerri language group.

Ungunmerr-Baumann is the first Indigenous teacher to work in the Northern Territory.

[3] Ungunmerr-Baumann is a "devout Christian" and much of her artwork reflects religious themes.

Ungunmerr-Baumann became a Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 for her "role in promoting Aboriginal education and art.

"[6] She has worked to encourage elders in Aboriginal communities to pass along artistic techniques to the younger generation.