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Albert Namatjira was born on the 28 July 1902
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Elea was baptised and his name was changed to Albert.
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland founded plastic.
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7 million military personnel including 6 million Europeans made it one of the largest wars in history.
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When he was 13, he underwent initiation where he went to the bush for six months.
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At the age of 18, Albert married Ilkalita, who wasn't in his tribe, which he was exiled for.
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The first Lie Detector was invented in 1902, however in the 20th Century, a medical student named John Larson invented a much better accurate lie detector.
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The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France. The French had the winter sports week called International Winter Sports Week before it was recognised as an Olympic sport.
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This is when Albert met Rex Battarbee and saw his work, and at that time Albert saw painting as a way of earning money.
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At the age of 34, Albert was a camel driver and Rex wanted Albert to take him to the different places to paint so Rex would make money from painting the locations. Albert wanted to paint too so Rex taught Albert to use watercolours.
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Charles Babbage built the first computer, he was a mathematician, and is considered the father of the computer.
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At the age of 36, Albert held his first solo exhibition at the Fine Arts Society Gallery in Melbourne.
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He was awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal, appeared in Who's Who in Australia, and presented to the Queen in 1954.
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At the age of 55, he became an Australian Citizen.
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He was charged with supplying alcohol to the artist Henoch Raberaba and sentenced with six months imprisonment with labour. Albert served 3 months open detention at Papunya settlement in 1959.
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After his jail time was served, he soon died in August.