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David Malangi
Australian artist
David Malangi (1927 – 19 June 1999), also known as David Malangi Daymirringu, nicknamed Dollar Dave, was an Indigenous AustralianYolngu artist from the Northern Territory.
He was one of the most well-known bark painters from Arnhem Land and a significant figure in contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
David malangi biography
He became known for his work being printed without his permission on the Australian one-dollar note, which led to a copyright dispute.
Biography
David Malangi was born in 1927 at Mulanga, on the east bank of the Glyde River in Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, where he received initiation into Manyarrngu culture during his early years spent in the area.[1] He moved with his parents at a young age to Milingimbi Island, where there was a recently established Methodist mission.
He eventually settled at Yathalamarra waterhole, to which his wives and mother had connections, as Balmbi women.[2]
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