Albert Namatjira's Memorial
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Part NT Portion 2079 designated NT Portion 6060(A). About 2.6km east of the junction of the Larapinta and Hermannsburg roads opposite Hermannsburg airstrip. |
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| Gazettal Date | |
| 19 April 2001. Northern Territory Government Gazette S20. |
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| Description | |
The memorial consists of a monument about 6m tall, constructed of local red sandstone set on a concrete base. A plaque has been installed on the north side of the monument and reads:
The memorial was unveiled on 22 July 1962 by the then Minister for Territories, the Honourable Paul Hasluck. |
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| Statement of Heritage Value | |
The Albert Namatjira Memorial was funded, designed and constructed by friends and supporters of a famous Australian artist. Namatjira, a landscape artist, captured the remarkable scenery of Central Australia in a distinctive style that has become internationally renowned as the Hermannsburg School of watercolour painting. The associations of the memorial with Albert Namatjira and importantly his continued 'presence' as a part of the history of Hermannsburg and Central Australia, along with the personalties of Rex Batterbee, Pastor F.W.Albrecht and others, provide a tangible acknowledgment of the life of a famous Australian. The Memorial is valued by the local Aboriginal community as a symbol of the recognition by non-Aboriginal Australians, of this important Aboriginal artist. |
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| Further Reading | |
Centralian Advocate, "Honor to Namatjira", 14 October 1960, page 1. See also the Further Reading for Albert Namatjira's House. |
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