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Lindsay Malay, My Grandfather's Story, 2019

Lindsay Malay Wyndham, WA, Australia, b. 1971

My Grandfather's Story, 2019
Natural ochre on canvas
120cm x 120cm
This painting is for my grandfather Sally Malay. Sally's father was an Afghan man, his mother, Juna, a Gija woman. Sally was born on Weeindoo (Green Vale station) 12kms from...
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This painting is for my grandfather Sally Malay. Sally's father was an Afghan man, his mother, Juna, a Gija woman. Sally was born on Weeindoo (Green Vale station) 12kms from where the Nickel Mine is today. The 4 circles represent Warmun and 3 Pastoral Leases, Mabel Downs, Gooroomul (Violet Valley) and Gudbahilunn (old Bedford Downs station).

'When Sally was five years old his mother, Juna, had no choice but to leave him because he was mixed race and the authorities were looking for him. Juna didn't want Sally to be taken a long way from his Country and family so she left him sleeping where he would be found by the mail man on the route from Warmun to Gudbahilunn. The mail man, a white man name Crowla, picked Sally up and took him to Gudbahilunn (old Bedford Downs station). The station manager Paddy Quilty took Sally in and raised him. When Sally came of age he went looking for his mother and family and brought them back to Gudbahilunn' - Lindsay Malay
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