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Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira. Created by Raymond L and Raymond S And David O. Some info about Albert Namatjira . Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's great artists, and perhaps the best known Aboriginal painter. His western style landscapes - so different to traditional Aboriginal art, made him famous.

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Albert Namatjira

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  1. Albert Namatjira Created by Raymond L and Raymond S And David O

  2. Some info about Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's great artists, and perhaps the best known Aboriginal painter. His western style landscapes - so different to traditional Aboriginal art, made him famous. Fame led to Albert and his wife becoming the first Aborigines to be granted Australian citizenship. It was a significant achievement, because at this time Aborigines had few rights. But after moving to an Aboriginal mission and adopting Christianity, they baptised and renamed their son. That was a lifestyle he knew little about, until he turned thirteen.

  3. When and where was Albert Namatjira born? Where- Albert Namatjira was born in Canberra at Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission. When- Albert Namatjira was born on the 28th June 1902.

  4. When and how he die ? It took ten years for the government to grant similar rights to the rest of the Aboriginal population.As a citizen Albert could now also buy alcohol.In keeping with Aboriginal custom, Albert's friends expected him to share any alcohol he bought.But in doing this he broke white man's laws.In 1958, police charged Albert with supplying alcohol to Aboriginal people .  He had lost his will to paint, and to live.He was just fifty-seven years old.Albert Namatjira died as result of heart disease on the 8th August 1959

  5. What did he do for a living? Despite being seen as one of Australia's greatest artists he was living in abject poverty for many years; there was a wave of public outrage when the media exposed this neglect.The government granted Albert and his wife Australian citizenship in 1957, which exempted them from the restrictive legislation that applied only to Aborigines. This entitled them to vote, own land, build a house and buy alcohol. Sadly, Albert was sentenced to six months prison for leaving a bottle of rum on a car seat where another clan member found it, drank it, and killed a woman. 

  6. How many children did he have ? Albert Namatjira and his wife Rubina had ten children, of which eight survived infancy. They included 5 boys - Enos, Oscar, Ewald, Keith, Maurice and 3 girls - Maisie, Hazel and Martha.

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