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Barak, William, b. 1824
Wurundjeri Ngurungaeta (headman) and artist, William Barak created over fifty distinctive charcoal drawings with natural ochres and water colour of purely Aboriginal subjects. A politician ...
McCrae, Tommy, b. 1842
The artist Yakaduna, better known as Tommy McCrae, through his art and actions, involved his community in the entrepreneurial management of indigenous-settler affairs.
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Onus, Bill, b. 1906
William Townsend (Bill) Onus 1906-68. As an artist, entrepeneur, actor and activist Bill Onus made an significant contribution to Art and Aboriginality in postwar Melbourne. ...
Birch, Brian, b. 1936
Brian Birch, a Wurundjeri man and decendant of the Yarra Yarra tribe of Melbourne Victoria, won the NGV Acquistive Art Award in the 2006 Victorian ...
Harrison, Frank, b. 1941
Taught artefact making by Elders on Lake Tyers Mission, canoe maker, artefact maker, painter and drawer who lives and works in Lakes Entrance, Victoria. He ...
Kunda-Beamo, , b. 1941
Self taught Yamagi painter Kunda-Beamo was a finalist in the 2005 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards with his synthetic polymer on canvas painting titled 'Rock Art'.
Onus, Lin, b. 1948
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 ...
Roberts, Bluey, b. 1948
Ngarrindjeri/Kokatha painter, emu egg carver and muralist who participated in the 'Tactility' exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in 2003.
Nickolls, Trevor, b. 1949
South Australian Aboriginal painter who began working in the visual arts in the early 1970s. Along with Rover Thomas, Nickolls represented Australia in the 1990 ...
Targan, Johnnie, b. 1951
Actor and painter. Studied at the Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne.
Atkinson, Kevin, b. 1957
Kevin Atkinson is an artist of the Bangerang nation (Moiradu tribe) who works as a designer, painter, printmaker, possum skin cloak maker and carver of ...
McKinnon, Brian Charles, b. 1957
Brian McKinnon is a Geelong-based artist who explores issues from his childhood as well as the ongoing fight for the recognition of Indigenous rights. He ...
Thomas, Ray, b. 1960
Melbourne-based Gunnai painter whose works are inspired by Gunnai stories and designs and his sense of affinity with Gippsland country. His works also respond to ...
McCormack, Colin Tjakamarra, b. 1961
Walangari Karntawarra is an Aboriginal elder and internationally exhibited painter originally from Alice Springs whose work uses his traditional 'Central Western Desert' iconography to tell ...
Hood, Colin, b. 1964
Carver, woodburner, spear and boomerang maker. Based in Bairnsdale, Victoria and associated with the East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation.
Hamlyn, Michael, b. 1965
Bangerang painter of animals and family stories, Michael Hamlyn studied art at the North Coast Institute of TAFE, Taree campus.
Waples-Crowe, Peter, b. 1965
Melbourne based mixed media artist of Wiradjuri/Ngarigo descent whose works explore the complexity of contemporary Indigenous identity.
Austin, Adrian, b. 1966
Gunditjmara oil on canvas painter, Adrian Austin was a finalist in the 2005 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.
McKenzie, Donny, b. 1966
Wangkanguru/Adnyamathanha painter and sculptor based in Port Augusta who participated in the 2004 'ARID' public sculpture project in South Australia.
Brown, Trevor "Turbo", b. 1967
Latje Latje artist based in Melbourne whose vibrant paintings express the artist's abiding sense of affinity with the animals of the north-west Victorian bush.