Kunyi (June Anne) McInerney is a much-exhibited artist and book illustrator, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Aboriginal Studies.
She was born at Todmorden Station, north of Oodnadatta in South Australia. Her artwork has featured in many exhibitions in Queensland and South Australia. She and her seven siblings were removed from their family and sent to United Aborigines Mission Home in Oodnadatta and then to various foster and adoptive care arrangements in Adelaide.
McInerney's story was recorded by the National Library of Australia for the Bringing Them Home oral history project and appeared in the associated publication Many Voices: Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation, edited by Doreen Mellor and Anna Haebich (2002).
