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Albert Namatjira's Memorial
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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:

THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE THAT INSPIRED THE ARTIST

ALBERT NAMATJIRA

28-7-1902 8-8-1959

The memorial was unveiled on 22 July 1962 by the then Minister for Territories, the Honourable Paul Hasluck.
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.
24/05/1995
25/02/1999
Comment sought
10/04/2001
19/05/2001
19/04/2001
1999/04696
Historic & Indigenous
Macdonnell Shire
Centralian Advocate, "Honor to Namatjira", 14 October 1960, page 1.

See also the Further Reading for Albert Namatjira's House.
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ViewHermannsburg_LR51.jpgPlaque21/JUL/21
ViewHermannsburg_LR53cropped.jpgAlbert Namatjira's Memorial21/JUL/21
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Approximate Location
   
LAIS KeyStreet NumberStreet NameSuburbLocation CodeLot NumberLTO PlanPartTenure
000 02079 1181LARAPINTANAMATJIRA0002079 - - Freehold
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