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Jack Dale may refer to: Jack Dale (coach), American football and basketball coach. Jack Dale (ice hockey) (born 1945), American ice hockey player. Jack Dale (cricketer) (1901–1965), English cricketer.
Jack Dale Mengenen (circa 1922 – 8 February 2013) was an Australian indigenous artist, painter, and folklorist. He was also a "custodian" of the traditional culture, stories, and beliefs of his Ngarinyin people, who inhabited the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. [1]
Jack Dale Mengenen (c1920-2013) was a major painter of the Wandjina Country of the West Kimberley. He also had a remarkable life as a head stockman, bushman and tribal Elder, bridging the cultures of his people and the settlers.
Feb 12, 2013 · Jack Dale was also a senior law man, a custodian of the ancient, sacred lore of the Ngarinyin people whose traditional country encompasses a vast tract of spectacular and rugged ranges including the Leopold Ranges in Australia's far north-west.
When he was an older man Jack Dale Mengenen began painting the stories from his remarkable memories of life in the Kimberley. During his lifetime the Kimberley had slowly progressed from being a frontier land to a vast cattle raising district and then finally to be connected to modern Australia.
- David Wroth
Kimberley aboriginal artist Edna Dale talks about her famous father, the artist Jack Dale Mengenen, who painted traditional culture and Wandjina spirits.
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Jack Dale was and remains an important and significant man as he is part of the history of the Kimberley region and its Indigenous people. Interest in his work has increased exponentially through his many solo exhibitions.
