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1916 Nutwood Downs, Northern - 1996. Known for: Aboriginal art, narratives of characters, ceremonies, plants and animals.
Willie Gudabi. Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia. Language group: Alawa,. Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern... Read full biography
Willie Gudabi. Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia. Language group: Alawa,. Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern Territory and grew up in the Alawa country. He developed his skills hunting and gathering on the margins... Read full biography
Willie Gudabi. Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia. Language group: Alawa,. Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern Territory and grew up in the Alawa country. He developed his skills hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini. Before he went to live at Ngukurr, Gudabi worked as a stockman at a number of these stations including... Read full biography
Willie Gudabi. Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia. Language group: Alawa,. Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern Territory and grew up in the Alawa country. He developed his skills hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini. Before he went to live at Ngukurr, Gudabi worked as a stockman at a number of these stations including Tanumbirini, where he went through ceremony and was initiated and induction into the mysteries of complex sacred life of his people. After a stint at printmaking, Gudabi took up acrylic painting with other Ngukurr artists in 1987. Often working... Read full biography
Willie Gudabi. Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia. Language group: Alawa,. Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern Territory and grew up in the Alawa country. He developed his skills hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini. Before he went to live at Ngukurr, Gudabi worked as a stockman at a number of these stations including Tanumbirini, where he went through ceremony and was initiated and induction into the mysteries of complex sacred life of his people. After a stint at printmaking, Gudabi took up acrylic painting with other Ngukurr artists in 1987. Often working collaboratively with his wife Moima Willie (c.1935-) of the Ngalakan people. Gudabi soon developed a densely-pai... Read full biography
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Willie Gudabi
Region: Yugul Mangl (Ngukurr) –Northern Territory, Australia
Language group: Alawa,
Willie Gudabi c 1917-1996 an Alawa painter was born at Nutwood Downs station in the Northern Territory and grew up in the Alawa country.
He developed his skills hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini.
Before he went to live at Ngukurr, Gudabi worked as a stockman at a number of these stations including Tanumbirini, where he went through ceremony and was initiated and induction into the mysteries of complex sacred life of his people.
After a stint at printmaking, Gudabi took up acrylic painting with other Ngukurr artists...But wait, there's more...
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