Lin Onus b. 4 December 1948

Also known as Burrinja
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990.
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associate of
Aboriginal Enterprises, The Dandenongs, Vic.
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associate of
Aborigines Advancement, League, Melbourne, Vic.
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associate of
Australia Council for the Arts
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associate of
Aboriginal Arts Managment Association
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Related collections
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Federation University Art Collection, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (collected in)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (collected in)
  • Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)