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Albert Namatjira: fame but not freedom |
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Written by The Australian
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Saturday, 25 July 2009 |
AS Albert Namatjira lay dying, his old friend and toughest critic -- a critic of Namatjira's human failings, not his art -- spoke the Lord's Prayer as the famous artist struggled to say the words he knew so well.
Lutheran pastor Friedrich Albrecht's Finke River Mission at Hermannsburg had taken Namatjira from the cradle and now it was taking him to the grave.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 July 2009 )
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