Delissa Walker

Delissa Walker Ngadijina is a  Kuku Yalanji Master Weaver based in Gimuy (Cairns), Far North Queensland. She grew up in the Daintree rainforest with her mother and in Mosman with her grandmother. Delissa comes from a very large culturally active family. As a child most of her weekends were spent traditionally hunting and gathering food, swimming and basket weaving.

She learnt how to make dilly bags with her late grandmother Wilma Walker from a very young age. She has very fond memories of  raveling with her Nana and assisting with weaving demonstrations and classes. Delissa's Nana was an inspiration to her and a very famous weaver.

Over the past decade Delissa's traditional and contemporary work has been sold into collections of many national galleries around Australia. In 2017 Delissa won the ’37th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards’.