Wandjuk Marika and Michael Jensen at Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, 1972 [picture] / [Michael Jensen?]
- Bib ID:
- 3550852
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Jensen, Michael, 1943-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1972
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; image 26.8 x 39 cm., on sheet 30.3 x 40.1 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Of the Rirratjingu people from Yirrkala on Gove Peninsula, Wandjuk Marikawas a leading indigenous elder and spiritual leader, artist, musician, and land rights advocate, who did much to forge an understanding between European and Aboriginal cultures. He was inaugural Chairman of the Aboriginal Arts Board, being appointed in 1974, and he was also influential in obtaining copyright protection for Aboriginal artists. He was awarded the OBE. He died in 1987.
- Notes:
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- Title from photographer's caption list, see file NLA03/919.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137086279
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the photographer, 2005.
- Subject:
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- Marika, Wandjuk, 1927-1987 -- Portraits
- Jensen, Michael, 1943- -- Portraits
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Yirrkala -- Portraits
- Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century -- Portraits
- Musicians -- Northern Territory -- Yirrkala -- Portraits
- Photographers -- Australia -- Portraits
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1972
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