Fine Australian Aboriginal Art Auction
Tuesday 5th of May 2026 | 6pm
Gala Preview
30th April 2026 | 6pm
Auction Viewing
30th April – 5th May 2026 | 10-5pm
Location
31 Lamrock Ave, Bondi Beach
Newstead Art’s third Sydney Indigenous Fine Art Auction will be held on May 5th, 2026 in association with Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers including the ‘Bangalay’ Collection and a regionally diverse selection of Australian indigenous sculptures, barks, and paintings on canvas created between the 1950s and the second decade of the 21st Century. This offering reaches across the full breadth of Australian First Nations art: from the Western Desert to northeast Arnhem Land, from the Kimberley to the Tiwi Islands, and from bark paintings acquired directly from their makers in the field in 1960, to works completed this decade. Live bidding via Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers and Invaluable.
Our specialists can be contacted by email, phone or WhatsApp:
Adrian Newstead – Senior Specialist | adrian@newsteadart.com +61 412126645
James Elmslie – Specialist and Auction Administrator | auctions@newsteadart.com +61 407913870
Lot 89
WANYUBI MARIKA
(born 1967)
Wuyununu 2, 2004,
natural earth pigments on bark, 160 x 70 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 90
IRENIE NGALINBA
(born 1979)
Ngalyod Rainbow Serpent, 2004
natural earth pigments on bark, 109 x 59 cm
Est. AUD $1,800 – $2,200
Lot 91
IVAN NAMIRRKKI
(born 1960)
Mangodbi, 2004
natural earth pigments on bark, 125 x 55 cm
Est. AUD $2,500 – $3,500
Lot 92
JAMES IYUNA
(1959 – 2016)
Ngalyod, 2004
natural earth pigments on bark, 176 x 48 cm
Est. AUD $1,500 – $2,500
Lot 93
ANATJARI No. 1 TJAMPITJINPA
(c. 1927 – 1999)
Tingari at Yungalanya, 1978
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 61 x 31 cm
Est. AUD $2,000 – $3,000
Lot 94
CHARLIE EGALIE TJAPALTJARRI
(c. 1938 – 2002)
Kutata, 1976
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 71 x 56 cm
Est. AUD $2,500 – $4,500
Lot 95
DINNY NOLAN TJAMPITJINPA
(c. 1935 – 2010)
Untitled, 1978
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 61 x 50.5 cm
Est. AUD $750 – $900
Lot 96
TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA
(c. 1942 – 2001)
Untitled, 1978
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 71 x 55.5 cm
Est. AUD $1,500 – $2,500
Lot 97
TED EGAN TJANGALA
(c. 1940 – 2011)
Lightning, 2005
wamulu plant fibre, natural ochre and binder on board, 120 x 45 cm
Est. AUD $2,000 – $3,000
Lot 98
LES MIDIKURIA
(c. 1938 – 1996)
Mardayin Arm Bands, 1992
natural earth pigments on bark, 130 x 58 cm
Est. AUD $1,500 – $2,500
Lot 99
DAVID MALANGI
(1927 – 1999)
Creatures of the Arafura Swamplands, c.1990
natural earth pigments on bark, 56 x 30 cm
Est. AUD $1,000 – $2,000
Lot 100
PAJI WAJINA HONEYCHILD YANKARR
(c. 1912 – 2004)
Mirrnturr, 1993
synthetic polymer paint on paper, 75 x 106 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $5,000
Lot 101
DOROTHY NAPANGARDI
(c. 1952 – 2013)
Women's Ceremony, 1998
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 121.5 x 60 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 102
WALANGKURA NAPANANGKA II
(c. 1946 – 2014)
Travels of Katungka Napanangka, 2002,
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 91 x 61 cm
Est. AUD $2,000 – $3,000
Lot 103
YINARUPA GIBSON NANGALA
(born c. 1960)
My Country, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on bean wood, 89 x 24 cm
Est. AUD $2,500 – $5,000
Lot 104
PADDY JAPALJARRI SIMS
(c. 1917 – 2010)
Warlu Jukurrpa (Fire Dreaming), 2003
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91 x 91 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $5,000
Lot 105
BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS
(c. 1930s – 2012)
Janganpa Manu Napu, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 107 x 76 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $5,000
Lot 106
IAN ABDULLA
(1947 – 2011)
Fish Coming Down the River, 1994
synthetic polymer paint on paper, 56 x 76 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $5,000
Lot 107
TERRY DHURRITJINI YUMBULUL
(born c. 1947)
Star in the Billabong, 1998
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 110 x 81 cm
Est. AUD $1,500 – $2,500
Lot 108
ROBY MAGILL
Texas Downs, 1992
natural earth pigments on canvas, 100 x 114 cm
Est. AUD $3,500 – $4,500
Lot 109
PAULINE SUNFLY
(born 1958)
Wilkinkarra, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 90 x 60 cm