Gwoya Jungarai
Gwoya Jungarai (* around 1895; † March 28, 1965 ), also called Jimmy Djungarrayi , was a Warlpiri who was the first Aborigine to be depicted in 1950 on a stamp, popularly called Aborigine in Australia , and on a coin. He is considered to be the most famous Aboriginal face in Australia.
Life
Gwoya Jungarai was featured on the 8 pence and 2 ½ pence as well as on the 2 shilling and 6 pence postage stamps (called Aborigine), which were issued in 1950 and 1952. In 1987, a portrait of him was pressed onto the Australian 2 dollar coin. Jungarai was also called "One Pound Jimmy" because he always answered the question about the retail price of the traditional Aboriginal products he sold with one pound . In 1936, a picture of him was featured in an article on the Coniston massacre by the Australian police in 1928 in Walkabout Magazine . A photographer took this picture of him in 1935 as one of the survivors of this massacre in which all of his relatives were killed. He is the father of the painter Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri .
photo
Photographer Roy Dunstan took a posed photo while Jungarai sat on a horse armed with a spear like a North American Indian. This picture was featured on the cover of Walkabout magazine. This photo served as the template for his portrait on an Australian Post stamp in 1950 and on an Australian coin in 1997. More than 85 million stamps have been sold.
source
- Gwoya Jungarai on acms.sl.nes.gov.au (English)
- Faces of Australia stamp Their place in society (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jungarai, Gwoya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Djungarrayi, Jimmy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Aboriginal depicted on postage stamps and on a coin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1965 |
| Place of death | Australia |