Susan Betts

Susan 'Susie' Betts is a First Nations artist, illustrator and cultural advisor.

She has ancestral connections to Wirangu, Kokata and Mirning country, community and language groups on the far West coast of South Australia.

[2][3] She developed the Sweet Water design for an oversized Coca-Cola bottle displayed at the 1996 Olympics and now in Atlanta Museum.

[5][6][7] Betts has undertaken international research through a Churchill Fellowship in 2018 exploring the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) constellation and creation stories (Tjukurpa) across Indigenous cultures in Australia and overseas.

[8] Betts said of this:[8] We want to make this connection back on country because for thousands of years our people have been coming here, our ancestors and doing ceremony.As of 2024, Betts is a Board member of Country Arts SA and part of their First Nations Advisory Committee.

Qantas jet covered in Nalanji Dreaming artwork by Susan Betts and Balarinji Design Studio.