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Gawirrin Gumana, also known as Gawurin, Gouarin, Gawarrin, Gawirrin, Garwirin, Gawerin, and Joe, [1] was born in North Eastern Arnhem Land c. 1935 with a Yirritja moiety, where he was an Indigenous Australian artist, cultural leader, and advocate for the rights of Indigenous Australians in Arnhem Land.
A Qantas aircraft, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner VH-ZND, is named Emily Kame Kngwarreye and painted in a special livery based on her work Yam Dreaming. Emily Kame Kngwarreye, also spelt Emily Kam Kngwarray, [1] was born c.1910 in Alhalkere in the Utopia Homelands, an Aboriginal community located approximately 250 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs (Mparntwe).
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.
Pantjiti Mary McLean was born circa 1930 in Kaltukatjara, Docker River, Western Australia. [1] She met her husband Mr. Bates at Blackstone. [2] In the 1950s she left the Western Desert walking with her husband and son to the Warburton Ranges, and then to Cosmo Newbury in the Eastern Goldfields. [3]
At least fourteen were killed and the only survivors were two women and three children. Among those killed was a mountain chief Conibigal, [a] an old man called Balyin, a Dharawal man called Dunell, along with several women and children. [16] [14] Aboriginal descendants claim the figure of 14 is an underestimate, and that many more were ...
There are many types of and methods used in making Aboriginal art, including rock painting, dot painting, rock engravings, bark painting, carvings, sculptures, weaving, and string art. Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest unbroken tradition of art in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Appletree Aboriginal Area, 75 km (47 mi) north-west of Newcastle. A group of rock shelters with hand stencils and paintings of human figures. Listed on the Register of the National Estate. [12] Baiame Cave, Milbrodale. A large rock shelter with paintings of a human figure plus objects like boomerangs. Listed on the Register of the National ...
Haasts Bluff, where Makinti lived in the 1940s and 1950s. Makinti Napanangka's year of birth is uncertain, but several sources [4] [5] [6] indicate she was born around 1930, although other sources indicate she may have been born as early as 1922 or as late as 1932 [b] at a location described by some sources as Lupul rockhole [9] [11] [14] but by one major reference work as Mangarri. [8]