Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek facts for kids

Bardayal "Lofty" Nadjamerrek AO (c. 1926–2009) was a Kunwinjku Aboriginal artist of the Mok clan. He belonged to the Duwa moiety and spoke the Kundedjnjenghmi language. He is currently referred to by his skin and clan as "Wamud Namok", following the Kunwinjku custom of avoiding use of the name of deceased persons.

Nadjamerrek was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours for "service to the preservation of Indigenous culture as a Senior Traditional man and significant artist whose work documents the relationship of the land and its ancestral past via the Mimih Spirits of rock art".

Collections

• Artbank, Sydney
• Australian Museum, Sydney
• Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, held by the National Museum of Australia in Canberra
• Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia
• Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia
• Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnotts Collection, Sydney
• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
• University of Queensland