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Lofty Nabarrayal Nadjamerrek BIOGRAPHY
1926 Mann River region, Arnhem Land, Australia - 2010 Gamarrwagan, Arnhem Land, Australia. Known for: Aboriginal rock art painting.
Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek. Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on... Read full biography
Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek. Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on various clan estates in the region. He was taught to paint rock art by his father. When a young... Read full biography
Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek. Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on various clan estates in the region. He was taught to paint rock art by his father. When a young teenager, he walked 200 kilometres to Maranboy where worked in a tin mine. This was his first contact with white people. His early artistic experience was in painting on the walls of rock shelters in the... Read full biography
Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek. Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on various clan estates in the region. He was taught to paint rock art by his father. When a young teenager, he walked 200 kilometres to Maranboy where worked in a tin mine. This was his first contact with white people. His early artistic experience was in painting on the walls of rock shelters in the headwaters of the Liverpool River. His rock paintings of a kangaroo, a horse with rider, emu and goats still survive. After a while he moved to Katherine where he was employed as a stockman. When World War II broke out, Bardyal was forcibly rounded up... Read full biography
Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek. Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on various clan estates in the region. He was taught to paint rock art by his father. When a young teenager, he walked 200 kilometres to Maranboy where worked in a tin mine. This was his first contact with white people. His early artistic experience was in painting on the walls of rock shelters in the headwaters of the Liverpool River. His rock paintings of a kangaroo, a horse with rider, emu and goats still survive. After a while he moved to Katherine where he was employed as a stockman. When World War II broke out, Bardyal was forcibly rounded up along with many others and moved to Mataranka army camp where he was made to chop wood and load cargo trains. He was aged around six... Read full biography
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Bardyal (Lofty) Nadjamerrek
Bardyal was born some time around 1926 in the stone country of the Mann River region of western Arnhem Land. He was a Kunwinjku speaker and spent most of his youth on various clan estates in the region. He was taught to paint rock art by his father. When a young teenager, he walked 200 kilometres to Maranboy where worked in a tin mine. This was his first contact with white people.
His early artistic experience was in painting on the walls of rock shelters in the headwaters of the Liverpool River. His rock paintings of a kangaroo, a horse with rider, emu and goats still survive.
After a while he moved to Katherine where he was employed as a stockman. When World War II broke out, Bardyal was fo...But wait, there's more...
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