PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, N.T
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
COMMUNITY/REGION
Beswick, NT
LANGUAGE
Rembarrnga
BIOGRAPHY
During his lifetime, renowned artist, dancer, didgeridoo player and storyteller, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga embodied the living history of the people of Australia’s far north. Born in the bush at Bumdubu, near Bulman, north east of Katherine, Paddy lived a totally traditional life, learning the ancient customs and Dreamtime stories from his father and uncles. He first encountered whites at the age of eleven when, with European settlement encroaching on their lands, the Rembarrnga people were settled at Maningrida… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, N.T
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
COMMUNITY/REGION
Beswick, NT
LANGUAGE
Rembarrnga
BIOGRAPHY
During his lifetime, renowned artist, dancer, didgeridoo player and storyteller, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga embodied the living history of the people of Australia’s far north. Born in the bush at Bumdubu, near Bulman, north east of Katherine, Paddy lived a totally traditional life, learning the ancient customs and Dreamtime stories from his father and uncles. He first encountered whites at the age of eleven when, with European settlement encroaching on their lands, the Rembarrnga people were settled at Maningrida… Continue Reading
