Born:	c. 1930
Country/Region:	Ankaye Soakage, Mulga Bore, Utopia
Community Centre:	Ankaye Soakage,
Language:	Anmatyerre
Subjects:	Mountain Devil Lizard, Emu, Pencil Yam, Grass Seeds, Small Brown Grass
Active:	1994 under the guidance of Kathleen Petyarre

Ada was Born c 1930 on Old Utopia Station, Northern Territory. She is a senior Aboriginal women in Utopia with high ceremonial standing in Aboriginal Lore.

Ada has been involved in the art movement of Utopia Since its inception. She began with Utopia Women's Batik Group in the late 1970's and many of her silks have been collected into museum and state art gallery collections throughout Australia and Overseas. One of her silks was presented as a Diplomatic Gift from Australia at the 7th Pacific Arts Festival in Samoa in 96.

In 1988 she began painting with CAAMA's Summer Project and has been a consistently successful artist to this day. Ada's work is represented in many major and private collections all over the world. She is known for her bright, bold linear patterns, often incorporating breasts, indicating women's ceremonial body paint designs, usually associated with the Arnkerrethe, Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming for Atnungkerre and Alhalkerre Country. She shares this story with her sisters, Kathleen, Gloria, Myrtle, Violet, Nancy and Jean Petyarre.

Other dreaming trails Ada holds in conjunction with her sister Gloria Tamerre Petyarre and the recently deceased Emily Kngwarre, include, Bush Bean, sacred Bush Grass and Yam & Yam Flower Dreaming, also Emu Dreaming and Angerema Dreaming. She has a bold and distinctive aesthetic combined with a keen colour sense that ensures the popularity of her work.

Ada is currently living with family members at Arnkula, a small outstation about 7 kms from Mulga Bore (Akaye Soakage), 175 kms north east of Alice Sprints in Central Australia. Ada has two daughters, june and Hilda and four sons, Paddy, Colin, Stephen and Ronnie, all are married and have children of their own. Ada has 31 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. When Ada was asked how many grandchildren she had, she replied with her wonderful rich and sincere laugh, "Too Many!"