Topsy Dodd Ngarnjalngali Nangari was born at Jinparrak (old Wave Hill Station) in 1934 to Minnie Karnayingali Nawurla and Blutcher Waruyarri Janama. As a young woman, she worked in the kitchen serving food and washing up. On the weekends, her family had time to gather traditional foods and hunt. She married Tommy Dodd Pirrmiyarri Jampijina and together they had three sons. She later married Victor Vincent Yingka Nirlngayarri and had three more children. With her second husband, Topsy worked at the Wave Hill Welfare Settlement (now Kalkaringi) cooking for the school children. Later they moved to Jamangku (new Wave Hill Station) where she continued her work as a cook and her husband worked as a stockman. Today Topsy lives between Kalkaringi and Pigeon Hole with her daughters and grandchildren. Topsy paints her Dreaming, the lamawurt (witchetty grub) and makes kawarla (coolamons), kurturu (nulla nullas) and kilkilpkaji (clap sticks). She has also been heavily involved in Gurindji language and culture projects with Felicity Meakins. Topsy is also a senior ceremony women who leads yawulyu and jarrarta (women’s ceremonies).