Paddy Bassani Paddy Bassani i(A113875 works by) (birth name: Patrick Robert Bassani)
Born: Established: 1934 Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: Jul 2005 Port Douglas - Cooktown area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Lama Lama
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 Paddy and Albert i "We are Paddy Bassani and Albert Lakefield", Paddy Bassani , Albert Lakefield , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Lamalama Country: Our Country Our Culture Our Way 2006; (p. 8)
1 1 y separately published work icon Lamalama Country: Our Country Our Culture Our Way Paddy Bassani , Albert Lakefield , Tom Popp , Bruce Rigsby (editor), Noelene Cole (editor), Graceville : Akito Pty Ltd Arts Queensland , 2006 Z1478135 2006 selected work biography criticism poetry short story The stories of the people and wildlife of Lamalama country presented as poems. Paddy Bassani and Albert Lakefield, senior Lamalama men and kinsman Tommy George, a senior Kuku Thaypan man travelled with Tom Popp to Lakefield National Park to show him their Lamalama country and tell their stories. Popp took many photographs and wrote down what they told him. After Popp's death the manuscript with photographs was passed to his friend, Cliff Little, who in 2003, passed it to Rigsby and Cole to bring to publication.
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