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Jan Billycan BIOGRAPHY
c.1930 Kiriwirri - 2015. Known for: Aboriginal art.
Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken... Read full biography
Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken to Bidyadanga, where she lives today. Jan is a respected maparn (medicine woman) and began painting... Read full biography
Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken to Bidyadanga, where she lives today. Jan is a respected maparn (medicine woman) and began painting in 2003. She returned to her Country for the first time in 2006.
Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken to Bidyadanga, where she lives today. Jan is a respected maparn (medicine woman) and began painting in 2003. She returned to her Country for the first time in 2006.
Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken to Bidyadanga, where she lives today. Jan is a respected maparn (medicine woman) and began painting in 2003. She returned to her Country for the first time in 2006.
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Jan grew up around the Percival Lakes. She has strong ties to Kiriwirri, the place where she was born and the Country of her father's clan. In the 1960s she was picked up by extended family and taken to Bidyadanga, where she lives today. Jan is a respected maparn (medicine woman) and began painting in 2003. She returned to her Country for the first time in 2006.