ðə jˌʊɹɹəpˈiənɔːstɹˈeɪliən ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɚz ʌv pæpˈʌnjə lˈeɪɾɚ pˈeɪntᵻd ˌoʊvɚ ðə mjˈʊɹɹəlz, wˌɪtʃ ðə kjʊɹɹˈeɪɾɚ dʒˈuːdɪθ ɹˈaɪən kˈɔːld "ɐn ˈækt ʌv kˈʌltʃɚɹəl vˈændəlˌɪzəm", nˈoʊɾɪŋ ðˈæt "tˈiː hiː skˈuːl wʌz diːˌæbɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəlˌaɪzd ænd ðɪ ˈɑːɹt nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚɹ ɐlˈaʊd tə stˈænd tˈɔːl ænd dᵻfˈaɪənt æz ðə sˈɪmbəl əvɚ ɹᵻsˈɪliənt ænd ɪndˈɑːmɪɾəbəl pˈiːpəl".
The European-Australian administrators of Papunya later painted over the murals, which the curator Judith Ryan called "an act of cultural vandalism", noting that "[t]he school was de-Aboriginalized and the art no longer allowed to stand tall and defiant as the symbol of a resilient and indomitable people".