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Lin Onus Lin Onus i(A80801 works by)
Born: Established: 4 Dec 1948 Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Oct 1996 Victoria,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yorta Yorta / Yota Yota
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BiographyHistory

Artist and sculptor, Lin Onus was the only child of parents politically active in the cause of Aboriginal rights. His father was from the Yorta Yorta people and his mother was Scottish.

From 1986 he visited Arnhem Land where he worked under Yolngu artist and elder Jack Wunuwun who became his mentor.

Onus received awards for his art and sculpture and was appointed to the Australia Council as Chairman of the Aboriginal Artists Management Association in 1990.

Lin Onus was the nephew of Aaron Briggs.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

1993 Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

For service to the arts as a painter and sculptor and to the promotion of Aboriginal artists and their work.
1993 winner Australian Centre Literary Awards — The Kate Challis RAKA Award

for his sculptural installation They Took the Children Away (1993).
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