| ISBN |
9781922252340 |
| Author |
McGregor, Ken (author) |
| Title |
The life & times of Albert Namatjira / by Ken McGregor. |
| Other title |
Life and times of Albert Namatjira. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Melbourne, Vic. : Badger Editions, 2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Description |
448 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index, a list of works, solo exhibitions, selected group exhibitions and collections. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
By the grace of god, I am what I am -- 1. European colonisation, the Hermannsburg Mission -- 2. Ilia, Elea, Albert -- 3. A departure from abstract designs and symbols -- 4. An ambitious man with natural abilities -- 5. Albert. Namatjira Albert. Albert Namatjira -- 6. Success and bureaucracy -- 7. Achieving equality and Aboriginal rights -- 8. Leaving the Northern Territory -- 9. Against the backdrop of success -- 10. Citizenship and institutionalised racism -- 11. Morris Soak -- 12. By the grace of God, I am what I am. |
| Conditions of access |
Not for Inter-library loan. |
| Summary |
During the past four years the artists at Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands) Art Centre in Alice Springs have worked closely with Ken McGregor to tell the story about the life and times of the famous artist Albert Namatjira. |
| Subjects |
Namatjira, Albert, -- 1902-1959 |
| Namatjira, Enos, -- 1920-1966 |
| Namatjira, Oscar, -- 1922-1991 |
| Namatjira, Ewald, -- 1930-1984 |
| Namatjira, Keith, -- 1937-1977 |
| Namatjira, Maurice, -- 1939-1977 |
| Battarbee, Rex, -- 1898-1969 |
| Albrecht, F. W.(Friedrich Wilhelm),1894-1984 |
| Namatjira, Rubina, -- 1903-1974 |
| Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre (Alice Springs, N.T.) |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century |
| Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Central |
| Landscape painters -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central -- Biography |
| Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02) |
| Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Watercolour painting |
| Art - Painting - Watercolour |
| Art - Subjects - Landscapes |
| Art - Exhibitions |
| History - Biographies - Indigenous |
| Religions - Christianity - Missions |
| Government policy - Assimilation |
| Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship |
| Politics and Government - Political action - Civil rights |
| Race relations - Racial discrimination |
| Race relations - Racial discrimination - Housing |
| Race relations - Racial discrimination - Economic |
| Health - Cardiovascular system |
| Economics - Taxation |
| Substance use - Alcohol |
| Law enforcement - Offences - Disorderly conduct |
| Western Arrarnta people C47 |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Hermannsburg |
| Painters -- Northern Territory -- Biography |
| Art - Artists - Men |
| Watercolour painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists |
| Watercolour painting |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Painters, Aboriginal Australian |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Landscape painting |
| Painters, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography |
| Watercolour painting |
| Landscape painting -- Australia |
| Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16) |
| Ormiston Gorge (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Standley Chasm (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Mount Sonder (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Glen Helen (South Central NT SF53-13) |
| Macdonnell Ranges (South Central NT SF53-13, SF53-14) |
| Palm Valley (South Central NT SG53-01) |
| Areyonga (South Central NT SG53-01) |
| Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14) |
| Cleland Hills (South Central NT SF52-16) |
| Papunya (South Central NT SF52-16) |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Rubuntja, Mervyn, 1958- (writer of foreword) |
| Call number |
2021.020 |
