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Gwoya Jungarai (Anmatyerre, c. 1895 – 28 March 1965), known as One Pound Jimmy, was an Australian Aboriginal man of the Anmatyerr people of central Australia. His relatives were killed in the Coniston Massacre in the Northern Territory in 1928.〔(ABC Radio transcript, program Radio Eye "Greetings from White Australia, 1955", broadcast Sunday 22 October 2000 )〕〔Lane, Bernard. “The $2 head? It's a toss-up.” ''The Australian'', 21 November 2001.〕 He was the first named Aboriginal person to appear on an Australian stamp, in 1950. The design of the Australian 2 dollar coin was inspired by a drawing of him by artist Ainslie Roberts.〔 (Royal Australian Mint - Designs & Products - Two Dollars )〕 It is said he got his One Pound name because whenever asked how much it would cost to buy one of the boomerangs he made, his answer was "One pound, boss".〔(Faces of Australia stamp their place in society )'', Steve Meacham, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2002〕 However, that has been questioned. Two stamps were issued in 1950 and 1952 with his picture - an 8½ pence stamp and a 2 shillings and 6 pence (half crown) stamp - featuring similar images of him in profile, looking upwards.〔(156 years collecting Australian graphic art ), Australia Post ''Priority'' magazine, issue 32 〕〔(The Australian Aborigine, Harvey Terris, Fundy Stamp Collectors Club, September 2001 )〕 They were based on a photograph taken by Roy Dunstan in 1935 for Australian Geographic which appeared on the cover of ''Walkabout'' magazine in 1936.〔(Gwoja Tjungurrayi: the man behind the image )〕 That photograph represented a typical Australian Aboriginal man and was well known in the 1950s following the stamp issues. He appeared on the cover of ''Walkabout'' again in September 1950. Two of his sons, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri were noted artists, and one of the latter's paintings was the subject of another Australian stamp.〔(The Story of "One Pound Jimmy )〕 ==References== *''We, The Aborigines'', Douglas Lockwood, 1963, Walkabout paperback 1970 ISBN 1-86302-622-3 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gwoya Jungarai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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