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The art of Mickey of Ulladulla 1825-1891

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Shoalhaven: |  Aunty Julie Freeman art  |  Australian First Nations research  |  Berry' Frankenstein & Arawarra  |  Cullunghutti - Sacred Mountain  |  Gooloo Creek, Conjola  |  Mickey of Ulladulla  |  Mount Gigenbullen  |  Byamee's Hands, Shoalhaven River  |  Ulladulla Mission  |  Words  | Drawn by “Mickie” an old crippled blackfellow of Nelligen, Clyde River, NSW 1875 ......primitive art, uninfluenced by the white man.... (1893) Contents Introduction Rediscovery Contemporary accounts Artworks Timeline Commentary References Acknowledgements ------------------------ 1. Introduction Mickey of Ulladulla (1820/1825 - 13 October 1891), also known as Mickey the Cripple or Mickey Flynn , is an Australian Aboriginal artist famous for his drawings of Indigenous culture and interactions with local settler society in the south coast region of New South Wales. He used two sticks to assist with walking, and in one of his drawings is portrayed wearing

From death to death ...... Arawarra, Berry & Shelley timeline

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|  Aunty Julie Freeman art  |  Australian First Nations research  |  Berry' Frankenstein & Arawarra  |  Cullunghutti - Sacred Mountain  |  Gooloo Creek, Conjola  |  Mickey of Ulladulla  |  Mount Gigenbullen  |  Byamee's Hands, Shoalhaven River  |  Ulladulla Mission  |  Words  | Mary Shelley sits by the grave of her mother..... Compiled by Michael Organ, Marlene Longbottom and Tony Crook Contents Introduction Chronology Bibliography Acknowledgements ------------------ 1. Introduction What do the following all have in common: Shoalhaven Aboriginal warrior and Elder Arawarra who died in the 1820s; ship's surgeon, merchant and landowner, Alexander Berry; and English author Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein (1818)? Answer: apart from being alive during the approximate same period of time, they all had an uncanny association with death and its aftermath. One had his lifeless physical body disturbed in the grave and his skull surgically removed by o