Date of Birth          16/02/1969
Clan                       Burdoh
Skin                       Na-bulanj
Language               Kunwinjku
Mother’s Country     Mok Mak
Father’s Country      Manmoyi
Dreaming                Mandudjmi (Green Plum)
Collections        
Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
Malcolm Fraser Estate
Awards/ Commissions                    
Crocodile Hotel Restaurant mural, Jabiru
Jabiru Sports Club mural, Jabiru
Biography          
Abel Narborlhborlh is a senior and respected artist of the Kakadu region.
“Born in Darwin, I was a little boy in Madjinbardi. I went to school in Gunbalunya and Jabiru. Around 16 or 17 I started painting. We were camping at Gulungul long time ago. My uncle Joshua Bangarr, he gave me a piece of cardboard box first and then one small bark. We start burning it and he showed me all that when I was young. I first painted a fish, then a mimi. I’ve painted all my life.
 “I had my first daughter Roxanne, and she looked after old Joshua, he told her all the old stories. I have two grandsons now and I teach them. Like my uncle showed me I will show this mob.”
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