Sunday 16 August 2015

Albert Namatjira

1902- born at Hermannsburg Northern Territory
1915- spent six months in the bush
1920- married with llkalita
1936- accompanied Battarbee as a cameleer on two month-long excursions.
1944- was included in who's who in Australia.
1949-1950 was refused a grazing licence.
1951- prevented from building a house on land
1953- awarded queen Elizabeth II's coronation medal
1955- elected the member of Royal Art Society of New South Wales.
1957- led to further anomalies.
1958- was charged with supplying alcohol to the artist.
1959- died at Alice Springs Hospital.

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