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Abadjura, , b. 1904
Bark paintings and carvings by Abadjura were collected by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in the 1960s.
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Onus, Bill, b. 1906
William Townsend (Bill) Onus 1906-68. As an artist, entrepeneur, actor and activist Bill Onus made an significant contribution to Art and Aboriginality in postwar Melbourne. ...
Thorpe, Alice, b. 1914
Weaver, was born in the Lake Boga district of Victoria in 1914.
Greeno, Dulcie, b. 1923
Tasmanian Aboriginal shellwork artist born on Cape Barren Island off of the north east coast of Tasmania. Greeno regularly collects shells on the beaches of ...
Tjangala, Uta Uta, b. 1925
Uta Uta was a gardener at the Papunya School, whose friendship with Geoffrey Bardon sparked off the involvement of a dozen other Pintupi men at ...
Liddle, Bessie, b. 1927
Liddle was born near the southern border of Hermannsburg. Hermannsburg provided much needed relief in times of drought or need, and it was at the ...
Lechleitner, Dick Tjapanangka, b. 1930
Anmatyerre artist and author, who sold his work privately for many years and occasionally through Papunya Tula. His work is represented in major public and ...
Patrick, Freddy Jangala, b. 1930
An excellent carver, Freddy Patick was one of the first to start painting in Lajamanu. Married to fellow artist Myra Nungarrayi Patrick, Freddy painted a ...
Fullard, Corrie, b. 1931
Corrie Fullard is a traditional shell necklace stringer of Tasmania whose work is represented in many public collections across Australia. Trained by watching and learning ...
Chapman, Vic, b. 1932
Ceramicist born 14th March 1932 on Currawillinghi Station Qld. Chapman's earthenware slip cast pieces are painted with the Dreaming stories of the Yuwaalaraay people of ...
Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum, b. 1932
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first ...
Gilbert, Kevin, b. 1933
Painter, printmaker, cartoonist, photographer, poet, writer, historian and activist. Produced the first known fine art prints by an Aboriginal artist, made while he was in ...
Pambegan, Arthur Koo'ekka, b. 1936
Arthur Koo'ekka Pambegan Jnr is a Senior Elder of the Winehanem clan from the Archer River region in North Queensland. Pambegan's 'dance sculptures' were learnt ...
Thanakupi, , b. 1937
Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots ...
Hart, Reynold, b. 1938
One of the most celebrated of the Carrolup children artists who created work at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Baker, Nyukana, b. 1943
Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella who began painting, designing and weaving in 1963 and producing batik in 1971. Her work is widely exhibited in Australia and ...
Hitchcock, Robert Charles, b. 1944
Winmar, Roma, b. 1944
Noongar artist based in Perth. Participated in the exhibition 'Koorah Coolingah (Children Long Ago)' at the Katanning Arts Centre & Western Australian Museum during the ...
Bishop, Mervyn, b. 1945
An award winning photo-journalist, Mervyn Bishop was the first Aboriginal photographer for the 'Sydney Morning Herald'. Bishop's extensive career began in 1963 and in 2008 ...
Kuyata, Yipati, b. 1946
Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella who worked in a range of media, including batik and screenprint. Kuyata was dedicated to her work and her role as ...