Jack Jangala Cook b. c.1935

Also known as Jack Cook
  • Artist (Painter)
Anmatyerre artist and senior member of the Mt Allan community, with family connections in Ti-Tree (NT).
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Born c.1935, Jack Cook is an Anmatyerre speaker whose country is Ngarliyikurlangu and who paints Emu Dreamings. One of the senior men at Mt Allan, he often delegates his children to paint his stories. He is married to Anne Cook and Rowena Nungurrayi and has family at Ti-Tree with whom he sometimes stays. He speaks excellent English, which he learnt from having been brought up with D.D. Smith, manager of Mt Allan station for many years.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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