Butcher Joe Nangan

"Joseph Nangan (‘Butcher’ Joe) (1900?-1989), Aboriginal lawman and artist, was born possibly on 25 February 1900 in Yawuru country at Kanen (Fishermens Bend), near Broome, Western Australia, son of parents later known as Dicky Djulba and Anne Binmaring.  His country lay to the east of Broome:  from his Walmatjarri father he held rights to Paliara, near Christmas Creek station, and from his Nyikina mother, to an area known as Jirkalli, on Dampier Downs station.  Moving between pastoral stations and the bush, he learned the trade of station butcher and acquired his European name, 'Butcher' Joe.  He narrowly avoided the massacre at Mowla Bluff station in 1916. "

Extract: Australian Dictionary of Biography, online,  read full article here.

Kim Akerman, 'Nangan, Joseph ('Butcher' Joe) (1900–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/nangan-joseph-butcher-joe-14981/text26170, accessed 23 June 2022.