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2 unusual facts about Donald Thomson


Bark painting

When Donald Thomson first came to Yirrkala in 1933, only paintings with clan designs had borders.

Donald Thomson

He was badly injured in action in Dutch New Guinea, and spent the rest of the war in hospital before being discharged from the Armed Forces.


Message stick

Donald Thomson, recounting his journey to Arnhem Land after the Caledon Bay Crisis, writes of Wonggu sending a message stick to his sons, at that time in prison, to indicate a calling of a truce.


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