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Dr George Tjapaltjarri and Barney Campbell Tjakamarra

Dr George Tjapaltjarri and Barney Campbell Tjakamarra

Dr George and Barney Campbell had many similaritiesincluding singing or laughing whilst painting. They were both born around 1930 and lived a nomadic life before contact with white people and were respected senior Pintupi law men.  George Tjapaltjarri (Dr George) was widely respected traditional healer, spiritual leader and one of the most powerful western desert men. The white doctors he worked with in Kintore gave him the name ‘Dr George’...

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