Debra McDonald Nangala, born 1969 at Papunya Camp is the grand daughter of the late Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi (c.1920-1987). Shorty was a Pintupi man from Lake MacDonald in the Gibson Desert, Central Australia. In 1948 he moved to Haasts Bluff and Papunya, both Debra and Shorty´s stories refer to his country of Lake MacDonald. Debra was married to the nephew of Turkey Tolson and son of the great female artist Mitjili Napurulla.