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Adam Hill Adam Hill i(A105093 works by) (a.k.a. Blak Douglas)
Born: Established: 1970 Blacktown, Blacktown area, Sydney Outer West, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Adam Hill is a Daingatti man and his grandmother was from Burntbridge. He is an artist and also plays didgeridoo. Adam designed and illustrated Our Kids : Stay Safe, Stay Strong Children's Activity B Book : A NSW Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (AJAC) Family Violence Awareness Initiative (2007).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2008 winner Yabun Awards — Artist of the Year In recognition of being a prolific visual artist and work within Western Sydney.
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Finding Our Heart : A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians Melbourne : Hardie Grant Travel , 2020 20868400 2020 single work picture book children's

'’When we all came together at Uluru, we invited all Australian people to accept our voice and culture as a gift.’

'Can you help us find the heart of the nation?

'A book about understanding Australia’s past, so we can have a shared future.'

Source: Publisher's blurb. 
2021 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
2021 longlisted Indie Awards — Children's
Uncle Roy Kennedy 2018 single work art work

'Blak Douglas’s subject is Uncle Roy Kennedy, a celebrated Wiradjuri artist, renowned for his naive-style depictions of his mission upbringing.' (https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2018/29958/)
2018 finalist Archibald Prize
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BlackWords
Influence on:
Adam's Show Deborah Ruiz Wall , 2008 single work poetry
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