Geoffrey Narkle b. 1951

Also known as Geoff Narkle, Barker Bulldog
  • Artist (Painter)
Noongar artist, pastor and playwright. Narkle was raised on Wandering Mission, and travelled through Western Australia in the l960s as a member of George Stewart's boxing troupe, under the name 'Barker Bulldog'. He dedicated his later years to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth.

Citations

  • Hansen, Philip (2009), 'Verbal correspondence with the author’.

  • Narkle, G. & Milroy, D. (2007), 'King Hit’, 'Contemporary Indigenous Plays’ Currency Plays, Strawberry Hills, NSW, First written in 1997.

  • (2009), 'Past Workshops – Yirra Yaakin website’, Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Corporation, Perth, WA, Webpage accessed 17/4/09.

    http://www.yirrayaakin.asn.au/-Previous-Workshops-.html

  • (11 July 1999), 'Aboriginal Evangelic Fellowship – National News Magazine’, Aboriginal Evangelic Fellowship, Webpage accessed 17/4/09.

    http://www.aef.org.au/mag/news299/News070999.html

  • Winmar, Alta (1991), 'Nyungar Art from the South-West Region of Western Australia, pp. 20-21’, Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation, Waterford, WA.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW