Dick (Goobalatheldin) Roughsey Australia (Aboriginal), 1924-85

Vermiculite and acrylic bark, signature on the right bottom "Goobalathaldin", interpretation and additional work of artist name, 76 x 26 cm

Dick Roughsey is an Australian artist living in the Lardil language group on Mornington Island, southeast of Carpentaria Bay, Queensland. His tribe name is Goobalathaldin, which means "sea dance" and represents "rough sea". He is a lively and superior person who is focused on restoring and protecting the cultural life of the people of Ladir. His most famous work is a series of children's picture books that reproduce traditional soil stories including Rainbow Snake.

1971, English, Books, Illustrated Version: Moon and Rainbow: Indigenous Autobiography / Goobalathaldin. Lafsy, Dick

Rauch wrote about his changing cultural environment at Moon and Rainbow (1971), the first autobiography of tribal aborigines in Australia. Elsie Roughsey also wrote her story, and indigenous mothers talked about the old and new (1984). Lafsi and Treasures used the knowledge of rock art at the Cape York Peninsula to present the story of ten popular children and announced. In most of these books, the division of labor between Roughsey and Trezise is not clear, but the first two are exclusively attributed to Roughsey. They include some of his best figurative pictures. And it represents the tribal lifestyle in the monsoon Prairie landscape aligned with powerful dreamlike creatures. In 1976 and 1979, he received the "book of children's book of this year" award.

Trezise is an active supporter of Roughsey's work and has held many of the art exhibitions and shows of Mornington Island during Australia. Treasures became actively involved in the preservation of Ladyl's customs and stories, and was named "Warren Bee" by Loughie in 1963. Lafgie's enthusiasm for protecting indigenous culture and tradition gave the opportunity to be appointed to the Indigenous People Advisory Council of the Australian Council in 1970. In 1971, he wrote the first autobiography of indigenous writers. In 1973, Lafsie became the chairman of the Native Art Committee until 1975. He is also a member of the Soil Research Institute.