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Born 1940 Yanpan, Australia. Known for: Aboriginal art, wood crafts, spears, boomerangs, polymer painting.
Jimmy Donegan was born at Yanpan, a rockhole near NgatuntjarrBore, circa 1940. He grew up in the country surrounding Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jamieson) in Western Australia. Jimmy has... Read full biography
Jimmy Donegan was born at Yanpan, a rockhole near NgatuntjarrBore, circa 1940. He grew up in the country surrounding Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jamieson) in Western Australia. Jimmy has strong family links throughout the APY Lands and his wife was originally from a place near Kalka.... Read full biography
Jimmy Donegan was born at Yanpan, a rockhole near NgatuntjarrBore, circa 1940. He grew up in the country surrounding Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jamieson) in Western Australia. Jimmy has strong family links throughout the APY Lands and his wife was originally from a place near Kalka. Some time ago Jimmy took his wife and children to live at Papulankutja (Blackstone) because of his deep connection to that country. He is now widowed and has returned to Kalka community to live with... Read full biography
Jimmy Donegan was born at Yanpan, a rockhole near NgatuntjarrBore, circa 1940. He grew up in the country surrounding Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jamieson) in Western Australia. Jimmy has strong family links throughout the APY Lands and his wife was originally from a place near Kalka. Some time ago Jimmy took his wife and children to live at Papulankutja (Blackstone) because of his deep connection to that country. He is now widowed and has returned to Kalka community to live with his children, and to be closer to his sister, Molly Nampitjin Miller, who is a founding director of Ninuku Arts. Jimmy is a skilled wood craftsman – his spears, spear throwers and boomerangs are prized and much sought after. He is also a strong... Read full biography
Jimmy Donegan was born at Yanpan, a rockhole near NgatuntjarrBore, circa 1940. He grew up in the country surrounding Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jamieson) in Western Australia. Jimmy has strong family links throughout the APY Lands and his wife was originally from a place near Kalka. Some time ago Jimmy took his wife and children to live at Papulankutja (Blackstone) because of his deep connection to that country. He is now widowed and has returned to Kalka community to live with his children, and to be closer to his sister, Molly Nampitjin Miller, who is a founding director of Ninuku Arts. Jimmy is a skilled wood craftsman – his spears, spear throwers and boomerangs are prized and much sought after. He is also a strong cultural man, involved in traditional law and ceremony. In August 2010, Jim Donegan won the most prestigious art prize in Australia – the Telstra Natio... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Aboriginal/ First Nations Culture of Australia