Benjamin Wilfred

Benjamin Wilfred

Artworks

Biography

Benjamin im Wägilak men. Imin bon la Numbulwar en imin grouap lenimbat koltja la im gagu kantri la Wurrungguyuna. Im femili bin wok la Ropa. 

Imin oldei luk im femili peintimbat en imin wandim len du. La Ropa imin jidan garra ola olpipul laik Djambu Barra Barra en imin stat peintimbat en migimbat jamalak, hololog en bambu. Na im leigim dum olkain difrendifren ting la at senta en im olweis lenimbat en traiyimbat nyuwan ting. 

Benjamin im koltja men du en im trabil ebriweya dumbat Bunggul la ola seremoni and fyunil. 

Benjamin is a Wägilak man. He was born in Numbulwar and he grew up learning culture on his maternal grandmother’s Country, Walker River. His family walked to Ngukurr. 

He would watch his family painting all day and he wanted to learn too. In Ngukurr he would watch the old people like Sambo Burra Burra paint and so he started painting and making clapsticks, hollow logs and didgeridoos. Now he likes to do all sorts of different things at the art centre and he is always learning and trying new things. 

Benjamin is a cultural man too and he travels everywhere doing Bunggul at ceremonies and funerals. 

 

Date of birth

1972-06-13

Community

Ngukurr