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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.

Austin, Adrian, b. 1966

Gunditjmara oil on canvas painter, Adrian Austin was a finalist in the 2005 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

Beasley, Betty

Textile artist from Utopia, Northern Territory. In 1988 Beasley designed a silk batik textile length which is held in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum, ...

Beetson, Bianca, b. 1973

A member of the Brisbane-based Indigenous artist collectives the Campfire Group and ProppaNOW, Beetson's mixed media works, which are always pink, employ humour as a ...

Barba, Bibi, b. 1968

An indigenous artist of the Birri Gubba people of Central Queensland, Bibi Barba is a painter, glass sculptor and textile artist whose work was exhibited ...

Zurvas, Billy, b. 1960

Billy Zurvas's works in the media of synthentic polymer on canvas are depictions of the bush tucker of his traditional country as well as paintings ...

Biriban, , b. 1800

Biriban or Johnny McGill was best known as a language informant for the Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld a Minister and linguist in the 1830s. Threlkeld thought ...

Birch, Brian, b. 1936

Brian Birch, a Wurundjeri man and decendant of the Yarra Yarra tribe of Melbourne Victoria, won the NGV Acquistive Art Award in the 2006 Victorian ...

Bancroft, Bronwyn, b. 1958

Known for her colourful paintings, prints and textile designs, Bronwyn Bancroft is also an advocate of arts and education for Indigenous Australians.

Andrew, Brook, b. 1970

Brook Andrew is a graduate of the University of Western Sydney and the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales. Andrew ...

Brook, Andrew

Brown, Anmanari, b. 1930

Pitjantjatjara artist and craftsperson based in Irrunytju, WA, whose mother country is Kuru Ala, and whose paintings depict various aspects of the Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa ...

Bungaree, Bowen, b. 1804

Bowen Bungaree is attributed as the first documented Aboriginal artist with the sketch Representation of a woman by a native of NSW, 1823. Bowan Bungaree ...