Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara Publisher / Griffith University Art Museum From boulders to bee hives

From boulders to bee hives

or peak out from pizza crusts

Objects – from items of jewelry

The most expensive

Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara Publisher / Griffith University Art Museum From boulders to bee hivesAs 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