Freddie Timms

Freddie Ngarrmaliny Janama Timms was a distinguished Gija artist, stockman, and cultural broker whose powerful paintings documented East Kimberley histories, massacres, and ancestral narratives with unflinching honesty and remarkable visual dynamism. Born at Ngarrmaliny (Police Hole) near Bedford Downs station, Timms grew up on cattle stations where his uncle Kamiliny Palmentarri served as lawman and head stockman. After his father's death at Derby Leprosarium when Freddie was ten, his stepfather Ben Boundy at Lissadell station taught him "everything," grounding him in Gija law and culture. Timms's bold, gestural paintings combined ochre earth tones with striking compositions depicting significant sites, frontier violence including the Bedford Downs and Mistake Creek massacres, and ceremonial knowledge. His work achieved national recognition through exhibitions and representation in major collections, establishing him as one of the Kimberley's most important contemporary artists. As both artist and cultural authority, Timms used painting to preserve and transmit Gija histories, ensuring traumatic events and ancestral stories remained visible within Australian consciousness while maintaining deep connections to his Bow River and East Kimberley country.

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