Leigh Oates b. 1958

  • Artist (Painter)
Trawlwoolway artist based at Mountain River in the Huon Valley. Oates has been involved in a number of mural projects at Tasmanian schools and whose paintings share his sense of pride in his Tasmanian Aboriginal ancestry.
Name
Leigh Oates
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Youth and Community Support Worker, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation (ANZSIC code: 8790)
  • Land Management Project Officer, Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (ANZSIC code: 9559)
  • Senior Technical Officer, Finfish Aquaculture, Department of Sea Fisheries, Tas. (ANZSIC code: 02)
  • Fitter and Turner (ANZSIC code: 2463)
  • Aboriginal Education Officer, Department of Education, Tas. (ANZSIC code: 8220)
Birth date
1958
Birth place
Hobart, TAS
Active Period
  • 2001-
Residence
  • c.1975 - c.2008 Mountain River, Huon Valley, Tas.
  • 1973 - 1975 Hobart, Tas.
  • 1958 - 1973 Crabtree, Huon Valley, Tas.
Training
  • Self-taught.,
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Trawlwoolway
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Oates, Leigh