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'''Paddy Bedford''' (circa 1922 – 14 July 2007), aka "Goowoomji", was a [[contemporary Indigenous Australian art]]ist from Warmun in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley]], and one of eight Australian artists selected for an architectural commission for the [[Musée du quai Branly]].'''Paddy Bedford''' (circa 1922 – 14 July 2007), aka "Goowoomji", was a contemporary Indigenous Australian painter and printmaker from Warmun in the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley]], and one of eight Australian artists selected for an architectural commission for the [[Musée du quai Branly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collections Online {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG212302 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.britishmuseum.org}}</ref>
==Life and family====Life and family==
Bedford was born in the East Kimberley around 1922 at a property which gave him his surname – [[Bedford Downs Station]]. The station's owner Paddy Quilty was the source of Bedford's given name, but Bedford's judgement of Quilty was at best forgiving, and could be harsh. Quilty was reputed to have been involved in a massacre of indigenous people in the region before Bedford's birth, and Bedford's response to an invitation to visit Quilty's grave was "Why should I go see that old fucking bastard?".<ref name="Stephens18">Tony Stephens, "'Millionaire' believer in 'two-way'", (Obituary), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 20 July 2007, p. 18.</ref>Bedford was born in the East Kimberley around 1922 at a property which gave him his surname – [[Bedford Downs Station]]. He grew up on Bedford Downs Station and worked as a stockman and road builder for the Western Australian Main Roads Department<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Paddy Bedford |date=December 6, 2006 |publisher=Museum of Contemporary Art |year=2006 |isbn=1921034165}}</ref>. The station's owner Paddy Quilty was the source of Bedford's given name, but Bedford's judgement of Quilty was at best forgiving, and could be harsh. Quilty was reputed to have been involved in a massacre of indigenous people in the region before Bedford's birth, and Bedford's response to an invitation to visit Quilty's grave was "Why should I go see that old fucking bastard?".<ref name="Stephens18">Tony Stephens, "'Millionaire' believer in 'two-way'", (Obituary), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 20 July 2007, p. 18.</ref>
Life for Bedford, like his parents, was hard and shaped by the harsh racial politics of early 20th century Australia. His parents survived but were displaced by incidents that involved the killing of indigenous people. Bedford was at one stage sent to a leprosarium, despite not having leprosy. When he married Emily Watson and had children, the children were taken away to a mission.<ref name="Stephens18" />Life for Bedford, like his parents, was hard and shaped by the harsh racial politics of early 20th century Australia. Bedford left Bedford Downs in the early 1970's as a result of the 1969 Pastoral Award legislation that resulted in the eviction of many Aboriginal workers. His parents survived but were displaced by incidents that involved the killing of indigenous people. Bedford was at one stage sent to a leprosarium, despite not having leprosy. When he married Emily Watson and had children, the children were taken away to a mission.<ref name="Stephens18" />
Bedford, like many of the indigenous men in the Kimberley, worked as a stockman, but was paid in rations. When the law in 1969 required equal pay for black and white alike, station owners responded by laying off their indigenous workforce, including Bedford. He worked for a while on road building, but ended up forced on to welfare by injury.<ref name="Stephens18" />Bedford, like many of the indigenous men in the Kimberley, worked as a stockman, but was paid in rations. When the law in 1969 required equal pay for black and white alike, station owners responded by laying off their indigenous workforce, including Bedford. He worked for a while on road building, but ended up forced on to welfare by injury.<ref name="Stephens18" />
Bedford retired at Turkey Creek -- a Warmun Aboriginal community established in the beginning of the 1970's that sought to provide shelter for workers that had been displaced due to the change in employment conditions.<ref name=":0" /> He began painting for exhibition after the establishment of the Jirrawun Aboriginal Art group at Rugun in 1998.<ref name=":0" />
Bedford is survived by an extended family, including two daughters.Bedford is survived by an extended family, including two daughters.

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