Keith Indich b. 1934 Moore River Settlement, WA

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Noongar artist who spent part of his childhood at the Carrolup Native Settlement, later recognised as one of the celebrated Carrolup children artists.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 2009
Name
Keith Indich
Birth date
1934
Birth place
Moore River Settlement, WA
Birth note
Near Mogumber
Death date
1974
Death place
Moora, WA
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Residence
  • Moora, WA
  • Katanning, WA (Carrolup Native Settlement, often known in the southwest as 'Marribank'. )
  • Carnamah, WA
  • New Norcia, WA
  • Mogumber, WA
Active Period
  • 1940s- 1950s
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1940-1949 Carrolup Native Settlement, WA
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Southwest region, WA
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

Keith Indich, Noongar artist, was born at the Moore River Settlement in southwest Western Australia in 1934, and spent part of his childhood at the Carrolup Native Settlement, near Katanning. Indich was one of the Carrolup children artists who created paintings and drawings under the guidance of Noel White, the school principal at Carrolup between 1945 and 1951. Indich’s works from this time were later placed in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Berndt Museum of Anthropology and the Picker Gallery, Colgate University, New York. Exhibitions have included 'Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago)’ at the Katanning Arts Centre and the Western Australian Museum in Perth (2006), and 'South West Central: Indigenous art from south Western Australia 1833-2002’ at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (2003). The catalogue for the latter exhibition states that Indich lived and worked in Carnamah and New Norcia, and died in 1974 in Moora (Western Australia). In 2009 Indich’s work was included in the Brisbane Powerhouse exhibition 'The Legacy of Koorah Coolingah (The Legend of Children Long Ago)’.

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Writers:
Fisher, Laura
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Noel White
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Owl in moonlight
Date
1951
Berndt Museum of Anthropology collection.
Collections
The Legacy of Koorah Coolingah (The Legend of Children Long Ago)
2009
Exhibition ()
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago)
2006
Exhibition ()
Katanning Arts Centre, Katanning, WA & Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA
South West Central: Indigenous art from south Western Australia 1833-2002
2003
Exhibition ()
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/x_southwestcentral.asp
Nyungar Landscapes - Aboriginal artists of the South-West: the heritage of Carrolup
1992
Exhibition ()
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
http://lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/
Citations:
  • Croft, B. & Gooding, J., (2003), South West Central, (See p. 77 for biographical info. Place: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA)
  • Stanton, J. E., (1992), Nyungar Landscapes, (Place: Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA)
  • Pushman, T & Walley, R. S, (2006), Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago), (Place: Berndt Museum of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA)