Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara Publisher / Griffith University Art Museum Landscapes have long provided a

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Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara Publisher / Griffith University Art Museum Landscapes have long provided aAs told by Big Bill Neidjie, Bluey Ilkgirr, Jacob Nayinggul, Jim Wauchope, Johnny Williams Snr., Ron Cooper, Thompson Yuludjiri, and others. Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara offers a unique perspective on the life and making of this Aboriginal Western Arnhem clever man or marrkidjbu. Born at the end of the 19th Century when the Western world had scarcely touched Arnhem Land, Paddy Compass Namadbara acted as a healer for his countrymen