[4] Winmarti was present at the hand back of Uluṟu to traditional owners in 1985 and is featured in many images captured that day alongside Sir Ninian Stephen.
[1][2] He also spent much of his life in Curtin Springs and Docker River (Kaltukatjara) with frequent travel made to Uluṟu.
[4] It is also recorded that, on the night Azaria was taken, Winmarti and Barbara where very distressed and that they "repeated their story several times to anyone who would listen and were both quite upset.
[16] On 18 August 1983 Winmarti also worked as a tracker looking for Douglas Crabbe after he drove his truck into the crowded bar of the Inland Motel near Uluṟu.
[18][19] In coverage around this event Winmarti stated that he wanted to ensure it was called Uluṟu and not Ayers Rock and that Maggie Springs become known as Mutitjulu Waterhole.
His presence will be felt whenever we look at the Rock and trace with the eye the tracks of the Mala men carved out over centuries.Bell had also, in 1977, donated recordings of songs and speech in Pitjantjatjara by Winmarti to AIATSIS.