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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Images of Albert Namatjira in Australian Popular Culture of the 1950s
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'This essay examines images of the Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira in the Australian media during the 1950s. The focus is on the print media and to a lesser extent on film, both documentary and dramatic' (p. 11). Ramsland's article includes description of two feature films, Namatjira the Painter and The Phantom Stockman, in which Namatjira appears.

Notes

  • Reproduction of the cover of Overland no. 13, Spring 1958 included (p. 20). Also from Overland, quoted in full, is the poem 'Namatjira' by B.J.M. (p. 13).

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