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45 x 123.5 cm, 49 x 128 cm (framed) Paddy Jaminji was born on Bedford Downs station in the North East Kimberley and spent most of his life working 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 Aboriginal exodus from cattle properties. Uncle to Rover Thomas, he was the inspiration behind Roverâs decision to paint and went on to inspire many others including Lena Nyadbi. The Devil Devil, Maginta, the spirit of Tuwarrin, is killed by another Devil Devil, Yulamangi, the boss of the Gurirr Gurirr balga when she tries to steal the ceremony. This part of the Dreaming narrative devised by Rover Thomas is directly related to Bedford Downs, the site of a massacre which occurred in the 1920s.