Lofty NABARDAYAL

Other names: Lofty Nabadayal Nadjamerrek; Bardayal "Lofty" Nadjamerrek; Nabarrayal; Nabadayal; Wamut
Gender: Male
Culture: Indigenous Australian

Born

Date: 1926
Place: Mann River, W. Arnhem Land, NT, Australia

Died

Date: 2009
Place: NT, Australia

Remarks

aka "Wamut", his skin name.
Last of the great indigenous Australian rock artists. In 1969, encouraged by a missionary, Peter Carroll, he began painting on paper and bark using the traditional ochres of the caves.


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