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Didgeridoo & Clapsticks

Phillip “ Cracker” Duckhole

Phillip is a senior Ngarinyin man, a cultural leader and a skilled bushman. He was born at Glenroy Station in the Kimberley of Western Australia. He and his family have spent time living in both Derby and Mowanjum.

His art practice encompasses shaping, carving and decorating traditional objects, and he plays a vital role when returning to Country to harvest bark following the annual wet season. These skills he passes on to the younger members of his community.

 In 2022,  The Jimmy Pike Trust and Open Bite at Edith Cowan University conducted a three-day lino-cutting workshop with nine artists from the Mowanjum centre, Derby. A suite of 13 prints were created including Phillip’s work, Didgeridoo and Clapsticks.

Categories: MOWANJUM ART AND CULTURE CENTRE

Name: Phillip Gar Gar Gar Duckhole

Language: Ngarinyin

Community: Mowanjum

Biography:

Phillip was born at Glenroy Station and was the eldest of 2 brothers and 1 sister. His father's country was Bremrrda and his mother's country was at Grace's Knob.

When his father passed away, he left Glenroy with his mother and went to Silent Grove, and then Mt Hart. After a few years they walked to Napier Downs, and then when Phillip was school-aged they walked all the way to Kimberley Downs for him to complete primary school. When it was time for him to attend high school he boarded at a high school in Derby and attended the United Aboriginal Mission. He left school in the late 1960s and worked at Kimberley Downs and Napier Downs stations where he learnt riding skills and carried out stock work. 

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