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Abadjura, , b. 1904
Bark paintings and carvings by Abadjura were collected by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in the 1960s.
Aikin, Hamilton, b. 1904
English male photographer, film-maker, editor and Presbyterian priest who went outback for Outreach, a Church journal, documenting indigenous cultures and mission activity.
Battarbee, Rex, b. 1893
An early advocate of indigenous art, Rex Battarbee represented Arrernte artists in his Alice Springs home, which he later turned into the Tmara-Mara Gallery.
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Lechleitner, Dick Tjapanangka, b. 1930
Anmatyerre artist and author, who sold his work privately for many years and occasionally through Papunya Tula. His work is represented in major public and ...
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Murch, Arthur James, b. 1902
Painter and sculptor, assistant to George Lambert, and in World War II the War artist who captured images of the bombed city of Darwin. Later ...
Patrick, Freddy Jangala, b. 1930
An excellent carver, Freddy Patick was one of the first to start painting in Lajamanu. Married to fellow artist Myra Nungarrayi Patrick, Freddy painted a ...
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Puruntatameri, Eddie, b. 1948
Eddie Puruntatameri was Australia's first Indigenous studio potter. After studying at Bagot pottery he returned home to Bathurst Island where he established Tiwi in 1972. ...
Tjangala, Uta Uta, b. 1925
Uta Uta was a gardener at the Papunya School, whose friendship with Geoffrey Bardon sparked off the involvement of a dozen other Pintupi men at ...
Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum, b. 1932
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first ...
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Tuckson, Tony, b. 1921
For much of his life Tony Tuckson's reputation was as the Assistant Director of he Art Gallery of New South Wales, passionately advocating for Aboriginal ...
Wirri, Kevin, b. 1953
Tjapaltjarri first learnt to paint landscapes from Albert Namatjira's son. Other artists he has connections with include Barney Daniels and Leslie Brogas (Brokus).