{"product_id":"bill-harney-aboriginal-art-copy","title":"#181 - BILL HARNEY (COLLECTORS PIECE) - Aboriginal Art:  127cm x 80cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eRegion:  Willeroo Station, Brandy Bottle Creek, Northern Territory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompleted:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium:  Acrylic on Belgium Linen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO PHOTO OF THE ARTIST HOLDING THE ARTWORK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiography:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Yidumduma Harney is an elder of the Wardaman people whose traditional lands are near Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia and who lives at nearby Menngen Station.  He is also known as an artist, storyteller and musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarney was born in 1931 at Brandy Bottle Creek on Willeroo Station Northern Territory.  His biological Father was the famous Irish-Australian writer William Edward Harney but he was brought up in a traditional Aboriginal community by his adoptive Aboriginal Father, Joe Jomornji and his Mother, Ludi Yibuluyma.  His Sister was taken as part of the stolen generations but he escaped because his Mother covered him in charcoal to hide the whiteness of his skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarney is well known as an advocate and ambassador for Aboriginal Australians and has made several international tours promoting knowledge of Aboriginals.  He appears regularly on TV, radio and film, often speaking on the subject of Aboriginal astronomy.  In 2003 he published, with Hugh Cairns, Dark Sparklers, detailing the astronomy embedded in the Wardaman culture.  He has been a finalist several times in the National Aboriginal \u0026amp; Torres Strait Island Art Awards.  In August 2009 he featured in a two-man The First Astronomers show with astrophysicist Ray Norris at the Darwin Festival and in November 2009 he was prominent in the Message Stick programme on Aboriginal astronomy provide by ABC TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2020, the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Small Body Nomenclature formally approved the asteroid 1979 MR2 as 7630 Yidumduma in honour of his sharing and promotion of traditional Wardaman astronomical knowledge through, film, television and books, including Dark Sparklers and Four Circles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"READBACK Aboriginal Art Darwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62740079935647,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1180\/8930\/files\/IMG_6501.jpg?v=1774666084","url":"https:\/\/readbackaboriginalart.com\/products\/bill-harney-aboriginal-art-copy","provider":"READBACK Aboriginal Art Darwin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}