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Joakim Goldhahn, Rock Art Australia Ian Potter Kimberley Chair, The University of Western Australia

Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s

The bark painting depicting a barramundi that Namadbara created for Spencer at Oenpelli in 1912 and that he identified in the interview with Lance Bennett in 1967, now in Museums Victoria Spencer/Cahill Collection (object X 19909).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people.


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