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Jimmy Wavehill Jimmy Wavehill i(9785858 works by) (a.k.a. Nowandja (Skin Name) )
Born: Established: ca. 1941 Katherine, Batchelor - Katherine area, Top End, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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Jimmy Wave Hill was born in the bush, his parents were from Daly Waters and Newcastle Waters and they travelled together before he was born. Wave Hill can speak three Aboriginal Australian languages Mudbura, Jingili and Alawa, and he began mustering when he was a small boy.

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