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ArtistShort verified entry

Freddy West Tjakamarra

Freddy West Tjakamarra (1932–1994) was an Australian painter.

Also recorded as Fred Tjakamarra

Evidence statusShort verified entry
Named witnesses
2
Institutions
2
Last revised
19 August 2026

Every statement in this record stands on a named institutional witness. Where witnesses disagree or an identity is unresolved, the material is held in the verification layer rather than asserted here, and corrections are recorded rather than overwritten.

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Biography

Born at Western Australia in 1932, died in Kintore in 1994.

Work by Freddy West Tjakamarra is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, National Museum of World Cultures and Art Gallery of South Australia.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Western Australia

    Birth place

  • Kintore

    Death place

Verification

Sources and evidence

Each witness is named with the institution holding it and the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.

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