Enos Namatjira was a member of the well known family of Aboriginal artists who were members of the Hermannsburg School of art. Enos was actually a founder of the Hermannsburg School. Eldest son of Albert Namatjira, Enos was born 'out bush' in 1920 when his father was 18 and his mother Rubina 17. Enos was Western Arrernte and his mother was of the Kukatja people whose country is west of Ntaria/Hermannsburg in the area that includes Papunya and Haasts Bluff.
Enos hunted from an early age with his father and a family friend called Rex Batterbee.