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Latitude
-30.21841
Longitude
151.6709542
Start Date
1948-01-01
End Date
1948-01-01

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ID
tb9d95

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/keith-brown
Birth Place
Guyra, NSW, Australia
Biography
Keith Brown was born in 1948 in Guyra in the New England region of NSW. His father is from the Ngarabal (Nyangbal) people and his mother is a Birpai woman. Brown, along with his brother, would accompany their father when he went bush to trap rabbits and hunt kangaroo. Brown works as a carver of boomerangs, crafting them from the elbows and bends of Mulga trees, and most recently as a painter of acrylic and sand on canvas. In 2006 he was the winner of the Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Art Award at Campbelltown Arts Centre and has received two awards at the Blacktown City Art Exhibition at Blacktown Arts Centre. In 2007 Brown was a finalist in the Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize with his work Trapping tracks. Writers: Allas, Tess staffcontributor Date written: 2008 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1948
Summary
Keith Brown works as a boomerang carver and painter of acrylics on canvas. In 2006 he was the winner of the Festival of Fisher's Ghost Art Award at Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed