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Theme: Encounters Artist: Rover THOMAS Birth/Death: 1926–1998 Title: Ruby Plains killing 1 Credit Line: Purchased 1990. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Ruby Plains killing 1 1990 by Rover Thomas is one of a series of eight paintings that illustrate three incidents of conflict that occurred between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people earlier this century in the eastern Kimberley. The rich oral traditions of the Aboriginal people of the Kimberley have kept the memory of such incidents alive. More details Click image to enlarge