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Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "Paddy Jaminji was born on Bedford Downs station in the North East Kimberley. He spent most of his working life as a stockman on both Bedford Downs and Old Lissadell Stations. He was the first painter in Turkey Creek after a strike by Kimberley station workers in the mid 1970s signalled a mass exodus from cattle properties. Uncle to Rover Thomas, he was the inspiration behind Rover's decision to paint, and went on to inspire many others including Lena Nyadbi. In this early painting, Paddy Jaminji, has depicted the big swamp (marshlands) near Mount House. The swamp is called Jilili and is one of the sites that is visited by the spirit of the old woman during the ceremony (Gurrir Gurrir) devised by Paddy and Rover Thomas during the late 1970s and the subject of a number of verses in the song cycle. Mount House is located west of the tablelands in the western Kimberley region." Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.