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Wandjuk Djuakan Marika (1927-1987), Aboriginal leader and artist, was born in 1927 on Bremer Island (Dhambaliya), Northern Territory.

  • Wandjuk Djuakan Marika (1927-1987), Aboriginal leader and artist, was born in 1927 on Bremer Island (Dhambaliya), Northern Territory.
  • Wandjuk Djuwakan Marika OBE (c.
  • Wandjuk Djuwakan Marika OBE (c.
  • Wandjuk Marika: Life Story is the autobiography of one of Australia's greatest indigenous statesmen, artists and religious leaders: champion of Land Rights.
  • Wandjuk also adopted a daughter, Lucille Dhawunyilnyil, from the Rirratjingu clan (p.160) and had a child with a New Zealand woman he met while travelling as.

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    Wandjuk Marika


    OBE

    Born1927 (1927)
    Died16 June 1987 (aged 56–57)
    MonumentsWandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award
    Other namesWandjuk Djuwakan Marika, MBE, Eldest Son of Mawalan, Wondjuk, Wanjug, Wondjug, Djuakan
    Known forPainting, Indigenous Australian art
    ChildrenMawalan 2 Marika (son), Rarriwuy Marika (daughter)
    Parent(s)Mawalan 1 Marika (father) and Bamatja (mother)
    RelativesBanduk Marika (sister), Dhuwarrwarr Marika (sister), Laklak Marika (sister), Bayngul Marika (sister)

    Wandjuk Djuwakan MarikaOBE (c.1927 or 1930 – 16 June 1987), was an Aboriginal Australian painter, actor, composer and Indigenous land rights activist.

    He was a member of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, and the son of Mawalan 1 Marika.

    Early life

    Wandjuk Djuakan Marika was born in 1927 (or 1930) on Bremer Island (Dhambaliya) in the Norther