Albert Namatjira

1902 - 1959

• Born on 28 July 1902 at Hermannsburg (Ntaria), Northern Territory
• 1905      Hisfamily was received into the Lutheran Church
• 1936      Accompanied Battarbee as a cameleer on two month-long excursions in and                 around the McDonnell Ranges
• 1944      Was included in Who's Who in Australia
• 1953      Was awarded Queen Elizabeth II's coronation medal 
• 1954      Presented to the Queen in Canberra 
• 1955       Elected an honorary member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales 
• 1950's    Lived independently of the mission in a fringe camp at Morris Soak on the                      outskirts of Alice Springs.
• 1958      Charged with supplying alcohol to the artist Henoch Raberaba
• 1959     Served two months of 'open' detention at the Papunya settlement
• 8 August 1959 dies