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 36
JOHN NAMERREDJE GUYMALA
(c. 1926 – c. 1978)
Kangaroo Being Hunted, 1975
natural earth pigments on bark, 74 x 61 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $4,000
Lot 37
CURLY BARDKADUBBU
(c. 1924 – 1987)
Kangaroo, 1975
natural earth pigments on bark, 90 x 66 cm
Est. AUD $3,000 – $4,000
Lot 38
ATTR. MATHAMAN MARIKA
(c. 1920 – 1970)
Hunters and Spirits, c. 1960
natural earth pigments on bark, 126 x 48 cm (framed)
Est. AUD $2,000 – $3,000
Lot 39
YANGGARRINY WUNUNGMURRA
(1932 – 2003)
Barama Myth Cycle, 1977
natural earth pigments on bark, 75 x 36 cm
Est. AUD $2,500 – $3,500
Lot 40
NARRITJIN MAYMURU
(c. 1916 – 1981)
The Journey of the Possum and Guwak to Djarrakpi, 1979
natural earth pigments on bark, 136 x 44 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $8,000
Lot 41
GAWIRRIN GUMANA AO
(1935 – 2016)
Baraltja Monuk, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark, 175 x 65 cm
Est. AUD $6,000 – $8,000
Lot 42
ALAN JAMIESON
(born c. 1935)
Wati Kalaya, 2009
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, 134 x 140 cm
Est. AUD $3,500 – $4,500
Lot 43
LUCY NAPANANGKA YUKENBARRI
(c. 1934 – 2003)
Maparr Rockhole, 1999,
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 120 x 80 cm
Est. AUD $3,500 – $4,500
Lot 44
HELICOPTER TJUNGURRAYI
(born 1947)
Wangkartu, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 120 x 80 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $7,000
Lot 45
KURUWARRIYINGATHI BIJARRB PAULA PAUL
(c. 1937 – 2021)
Shells, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 125 x 98 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 46
KATHY MARINGKA (born 1954)
and GLADYS ROBERTS (born 1979)
Tjulpuntjulpunpa - Desert Wildflowers, 2021
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, 195 x 198 cm
Est. AUD $6,000 – $8,000
Lot 47
KATHLEEN NGALE
(c. 1934 – 2021)
Untitled, from Anwekety (Bush Plum Dreaming) Series, 2009
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 151 x 120 cm
Est. AUD $9,000 – $15,000
Lot 48
YANNIMA PIKARLI TOMMY WATSON
(c. 1935 – 2017)
Waltitjata, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200 x 200 cm
Est. AUD $60,000 – $80,000
Lot 49
JULIE NANGALA ROBERTSON
(born 1974)
Mina Mina Dreaming, 2022
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91 x 152 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 50
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
(c. 1915 – 1996)
My Country, 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 79 x 84 cm
Est. AUD $20,000 – $40,000
Lot 51
NAATA NUNGURRAYI
(c. 1932 – 2021)
Sandhills in Tjuntupul
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 122.5 x 165.5 cm
Est. AUD $15,000 – $18,000
Lot 52
KUNMANARA (PEPAI JANGALA) CARROLL
(1950 – 2021)
Warlangurru, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 100 x 170 cm
Est. AUD $8,000 – $12,000
Lot 53
NYURAPAYIA NAMPITJINPA (MRS BENNETT)
(c. 1935 – 2013)
Untitled, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, 150 x 120 cm
Est. AUD $20,000 – $30,000
Lot 54
YALA YALA GIBBS TJUNGURRAYI
(c. 1924 – 1998)
Wangulkarratja - Muntarri Dreaming, 1984
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 76 x 38 cm
Est. AUD $3,500 – $4,500
Lot 55
JACK KUNTI KUNTI TJAMPITJINPA
(c. 1930 – 1990)
Crow Dreaming Site of Muyinga, 1984
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 76 x 38 cm
Est. AUD $3,500 - $4,500
Lot 56
GEORGE YAPPA TJUNGALA
(born c. 1945)
Tingari, 1981
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 114 x 71 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 57
PINTA PINTA TJAPANANGKA
(c. 1928 – 1999)
Men's Ceremony at Pinari, 1998
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 91 x 61 cm
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 58
JOHNNY SCOBIE TJAPANANGKA
(c. 1935 – 1999)
Two Women Dreaming, c. 1976
synthetic polymer paint on plywood, 81.5 x 9.5 cm
Est. AUD $6,000 – $8,000
Lot 59
LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE
(c. 1942 – 2024)
Bush Plum (Shield & Hooked Boomerang), 2010
synthetic polymer paint on bean wood, 66.5 x 23 cm (shield); 76 cm (boomerang)
Est. AUD $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 60
CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI OAM
(c. 1932 – 2002)
Women's Ceremony (shield) and Possum Trail at Napperby (woomera), 1992
synthetic polymer paint on bean wood, 65 x 20 cm (shield); 86 x 11 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $7,000
Lot 61
ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA (No. III)
(c. 1938 – 1992)
Origins of Soakages, 1973
synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 92 x 22.5 cm
Est. AUD 30,000 – $40,000
Lot 62
WILLY TJUNGURRAYI
(c. 1932 – 2018)
Yawutinya, 1978
synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 76 x 38 cm
Est. AUD $30,000 – $40,000
Lot 63
PANSY NAPANGARDI
born 1948
Pikili, c. 1995
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 125 x 211 cm
Est. AUD $10,000 – $12,000
Lot 64
NAATA NUNGURRAYI
(c. 1932 – 2021)
Women's Ceremonial Painting, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 180 x 60 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $7,000
Lot 65
GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE
(1938 – 2021)
Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming,2005
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 150 x 210 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $7,000
Lot 66
EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE
(c. 1915 – 1996)
My Country, 1995
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 149 x 201 cm
Est. AUD $80,000 – $100,000
Lot 67
KATHLEEN NGALE
(c. 1934 – 2021)
Arnwekety - Bush Plum, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on linen, 151 x 91 cm
Est. AUD $5,000 – $7,000
Lot 68
MINNIE PWERLE
(c. 1920 – 2006)
Bush Melon, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 122 x 100 cm