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Joan Martin Joan Martin i(A141705 works by) (a.k.a. Joan Yarrna Martin)
Born: Established: 1941 Morawa, Eneabba - Morawa - Mullewa area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: Oct 2008
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Widi ; Aboriginal
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Joan was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was an artist and a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake area. Her life was filled with great challenges, including her effortes to avoid Native Welfare, as not to be shipped off to a mission, and later her public battle with Homeswest for the right to live in her Karrinyup home. Her legacy included her work on native title, and her art. (Source: Abbey's Bookshop website: www.abbeys.com.au)

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