Gwoya Tjungurrayi also known as One Pound Jimmy was an aboriginal elder and lawman of his people and died in 1965 at age of 70. He was photographed in 1935 and the image was used in September 1936 issue of a tourism magazine called "Walkabout". The image was subsequently used on a 8 1/2 pence stamp and a half crown stamp in 1950 making him the first aboriginal and living Australian to be featured on a postage stamp. It is to be noted that his name was not used with the image on the stamp.
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