'The author is Lardil man from Mornington Island; comments on conception beliefs, birth, food plants, camp life, Creation myth, myths on origin of death, Thuwathu the Rainbow Serpent, marriage rules, relations with Mission staff, hunting & fishing, stellar myths, dugong hunting, wild bee myth; initiation myth, describes initiation ceremony, subincision, secret Damin language; flood ceremony, 22 lines of rain stopping song (with free translation), story of Warrenby, sorcery and sorcerers, clay as medicine, love magic, moon legend, death & mourning, burial, inquest, spirit beliefs; relations with Bentinck Island (Kaiadilt) people, stories of early settlement of Sweers Island; work on cattle stations & as deckhand, encouragement to work on bark painting' (Source: Online)
'The art of Lardil artist Goobalathaldin Dick Roughsey (1920-1985) had its origins in bark painting - but the late artist is known as one of the pioneers of the modern style of Indigenous painting using oils and acrylics during the 1970s.'
'The art of Lardil artist Goobalathaldin Dick Roughsey (1920-1985) had its origins in bark painting - but the late artist is known as one of the pioneers of the modern style of Indigenous painting using oils and acrylics during the 1970s.'
