Betty Carrington

2002

Darrajayn Country
 
ETCH 98x76cm
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About Betty Carrington

Betty was born on Texas Downs but grew up with her family at the old Turkey Creek Post Office (now the Warmun Art Centre) and Police Station. Betty?s father was a Police Tracker and her family lived there until the police Station closed, when they moved back to Texas Downs. Betty worked on Texas Downs as a housekeeper and remembers the long hours of hard work. She did everything from chopping wood, clearing rocks from roads, cooking, scrubbing floors, to going out bush for a "killer" (bullock to kill) and butchering the beasts.

Betty has traveled extensively throughout Australia representing Kimberley and Gija people in dance and cultural festivals in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

She started painting in 1998 when Warmun Art Centre commenced operation.

Source: Chrysalis Publishing web site with permission

For more on Betty Carrington see
http://www.chrysalis.com.au/artists.asp?intArtistID=6

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