Tag: Albert Namatjira

24/04/2023

Albert Namatjira is happy with what whitefella gave not what the blackfella takes Part 3 of 3

It was not what the whitefella gave Albert Namatjira, more exactly, it was what the blackfella took from him that made him lose his will to paint and live in this world anymore. They took his kindness, they took his money, they smashed his dignity, and they trashed his home. They fought with him and made him cry on the inside. They took his freedom. […]

Aboriginal Race Australia Life Journey

24/04/2023

Albert Namatjira – Speak the truth, strip beliefs back to the core Part 2 of 3

Dreamtime is the foundation of the Australian natives creed, traditions, and culture. A belief that the ancestors made the entire world in a continuum of everywhen – the past, present, and future. The Rainbow-Serpent, a whitefella coined term, divulges myths known by numerous Australian native names. The myths all seem to signify a common deity who is the giver of life and creator of the […]

Aboriginal Race Australia Life Journey

24/04/2023

Behind the veil Albert Namatjira spirit is restless Part 1 of 3

Albert Namatjira was an Australian man who loved his country. At birth his parents named him Elea. In the eyes of his kinsmen Albert was the ‘fruitful native hunter’. On his reappearance at camp he had to share everything he had procured not only with his immediate family, but with all those who had traditional claims upon his labours as dictated by the elders. This […]